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rivalship

rivalship noun: rivalry.

Noun (1)

rivalship (countable and uncountable, plural rivalships)

  1. (archaic) Rivalry.
    • Where the competition is free, the rivalship of competitors, who are all endeavouring to justle one another out of employment, obliges every man to endeavour to execute his work with a certain degree of exactness.1776, Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, page 759
    • Such was the amiable Frenchman for whom I felt that perfect friendship, that soldier-like fraternity, which we are only capable of in our youth, before we are alive to feelings of rivalship, before irrevocable courses, furrow and divide the field of futurity.1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book XII. The history of Lord Nelville.] Chap[ter] I.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume III, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold...

Noun (2)

rivalship (plural rivalships)

  1. (slang) A ship involving characters with an adversarial relationship.
    • it took me longer to ship drarry bc when i first read HP i was young and pure and didnt care about ships but now im rivalship trash so2015 October 16, kat (@saItkath), Twitter
    • where are my femslash rivalships/hateships i want girls who wanna DUEL before they smooch2017 December 20, in the netherdeep (@NatRoze), Twitter
    Synonyms:
    hateship

Synonyms of rivalship

Forms of rivalship

pluralrivalships

Origin of rivalship

From rival + -ship.

From rival + ship (“a fictional romantic relationship between two characters”).

Questions about rivalship

What does rivalship mean?
Rivalship means rivalry.
What part of speech is rivalship?
Rivalship is a noun.
What is the plural of rivalship?
The plural of rivalship is rivalships.

Words near rivalship in the dictionary

  1. rivalrous
  2. rivalrously
  3. rivalrousness
  4. rivalry
  5. rivals
  6. rivalship
  7. rivalships
  8. rivalsome
  9. Rivard
  10. Rivards
  11. rivaria

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