Definitions for gamesmanship

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gamesmanship games·man·ship

Spelling: [geymz-muh n-ship]

IPA: /ˈgeɪmz mənˌʃɪp/

Gamesmanship is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 26 points.

You can make 946 anagrams from letters in gamesmanship (aaeghimmnpss).

Definitions for gamesmanship

noun

1. the use of methods, especially in a sports contest, that are dubious or seemingly improper but not strictly illegal.
2. the technique or practice of manipulating people or events so as to gain an advantage or outwit one's opponents or competitors.

Origin of gamesmanship

1945-50; game¹ + -s³ + -manship, perhaps on the model of sportsm

Examples for gamesmanship

The positions of senior officials in this process reflect a mixture of serious thought and gamesmanship.

It was campaign spin and gamesmanship and seemed to be understood by everyone as such.

He was sent off after the incident, but Ghana went on to lose, in large part due to his gamesmanship.

All of this is just gamesmanship, but it matters for the purposes of the next debate.

It was another element in the gamesmanship between the sexes.

But even that's too reductive for a series that relishes the gamesmanship, intrigue, and corruption that follows in their wake.

No filibuster, no gamesmanship, a nice, clean vote—something Congress rarely does.