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Definition of: brinkmanship

(bringkmən·ship) noun
A willingness to expose oneself to major risk to achieve some end; especially, a national policy embodying such a position. [<BRINK + -manship, on analogy with showmanship, etc.]

Most often used phrases:

nuclear brinkmanship
brinkmanship crisis
brinkmanship cold war
brinkmanship crises

'brinkmanship' used in domains:

brinkmanship.com

Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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