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one-upmanship

one-up·man·ship
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [wuhn uhp-muh n-ship]
    • /wʌn ˈʌp mənˌʃɪp/
    • /wʌn ˈəp.mən.ˌʃɪp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wuhn uhp-muh n-ship]
    • /wʌn ˈʌp mənˌʃɪp/

Definitions of one-upmanship word

  • noun one-upmanship the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool. 1
  • noun one-upmanship trying to gain advantage 1
  • uncountable noun one-upmanship If you refer to someone's behaviour as one-upmanship, you disapprove of them trying to make other people feel inferior in order to make themselves appear more important. 0
  • noun one-upmanship the art or practice of achieving or maintaining an advantage over others, often by slightly unscrupulous means 0
  • noun one-upmanship the practice of, or skill in, seizing an advantage or gaining superiority over others 0
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Origin of one-upmanship

First appearance:

before 1950
One of the 5% newest English words
First recorded in 1950-55; one up + -manship

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Parts of speech for One-upmanship

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of One-upmanship

one-upmanship popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for one-upmanship

noun one-upmanship

  • dirty trick — act: unfair, dishonest
  • dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
  • duality — a dual state or quality.
  • duplicity — deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing. Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissimulation, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, trickery. Antonyms: candidness, directness, honesty, straightforwardness.
  • gamesmanship — the use of methods, especially in a sports contest, that are dubious or seemingly improper but not strictly illegal.
All 9 Synonyms of one-upmanship

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