gamesmanship

noun

Etymology

From game + -s- + -manship or gamesman + -ship.

  1. derived from *men-
  2. inherited from *gamaną
  3. inherited from *gaman
  4. inherited from gamen
  5. inherited from game
  6. formed as gamesmanship — “game + -s- + -manship

Definitions

  1. The use of legal but unsporting tactics to gain an advantage over one’s opponent.

    • They kept the other team waiting on the field until the last possible moment – that was a clear case of gamesmanship.
    • [Tina] Satter’s film, with its dramatization of the investigators’ formalized gamesmanship and [Reality] Winner’s strategic maneuvering, is fascinating but narrow, both regarding the protagonist and the law at large.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA