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brinkmanships

brinkmanships is the plural of brinkmanship.

Meaning of brinkmanship

Noun

brinkmanship (usually uncountable, plural brinkmanships)

  1. (usually) The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.
    • The diplomat accused the other nation's leader of brinkmanship for refusing to redeploy the troops stationed along their nations' shared border.

Questions about brinkmanships

What is brinkmanships the plural of?
Brinkmanships is the plural of brinkmanship.

Words near brinkmanships in the dictionary

  1. Brinkmann
  2. Brinkmann coordinates
  3. Brinkmanns
  4. Brinkmans
  5. brinkmanship
  6. brinkmanships
  7. brinkmate
  8. brinkmates
  9. brinkmen
  10. Brinkmeyer
  11. Brinkmeyers

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