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one-up-womanship

one-up-womanship is the alternative form of one-upwomanship.

Meaning of one-upwomanship

Noun

one-upwomanship (uncountable)

  1. One-upmanship among women.
    • In the afternoons, she watches TV, endless cycles of serials in which mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law engage in one-upwomanship.2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 28

Forms of one-up-womanship

pluralone-up-womanships

Questions about one-up-womanship

What is one-up-womanship the alternative form of?
One-up-womanship is the alternative form of one-upwomanship.

Words near one-up-womanship in the dictionary

  1. one-up
  2. one-up-manship
  3. one-up-manships
  4. one-up-one-down
  5. one-up-one-downs
  6. one-up-womanship
  7. one-up-womanships
  8. one-uped
  9. one-upmanship
  10. one-upmanships
  11. one-upped

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