upmanship

Also ups·man·ship

[uhp-muhn-ship]

noun

1. one-upmanship.

Word History and Origins

Origin of upmanship¹

First recorded in 1960–65; shortening of one-upmanship

Example Sentences

Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic told the council "we do not ask for meetings for the purpose of upmanship, but to make a contribution to the stabilization of the situation in Kosovo ... and to the peace in the region."

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Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic told the council “we do not ask for meetings for the purpose of upmanship, but to make a contribution to the stabilization of the situation in Kosovo … and to the peace in the region.”

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Like the hearings about Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged abuse did, it captures the harm and erasure enacted upon women caught in the throes of masculine one upmanship.

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It is a fixture Mourinho really could do with winning, and for reasons that go beyond the usual bruised and resentful one‑upmanship towards his successors in the Stamford Bridge dugout.

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The concept of having social media followers was pioneered by Twitter and fed into a celebrity-obsessed culture where follower-buying was accepted by many high-profile people as part of a relentless game of one upmanship.

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