Word.ws English Dictionary

Schelling point

Schelling point noun: synonym of focal point (“solution used in the absence of communication”).

Noun

Schelling point (plural Schelling points)

  1. Synonym of focal point (“solution used in the absence of communication”).
    Synonyms:
    focal point

Synonyms of Schelling point

Forms of Schelling point

pluralSchelling points

Origin of Schelling point

The concept was introduced by American economist Thomas Schelling in his book The Strategy of Conflict (1960).

Words that rhyme with Schelling point

7 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Schelling point

What does Schelling point mean?
Schelling point means synonym of focal point (“solution used in the absence of communication”).
What part of speech is Schelling point?
Schelling point is a noun.
What is the plural of Schelling point?
The plural of Schelling point is Schelling points.

Words near Schelling point in the dictionary

  1. Schellers
  2. Schellhorn
  3. Schellhorns
  4. schellies
  5. schelling
  6. Schelling point
  7. Schelling points
  8. Schellingian
  9. Schellingianism
  10. Schellingism
  11. schellings

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Schelling point (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Schelling point.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/schelling_point. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.