one-upwomanship

noun

Etymology

From one-up + woman + -ship, by analogy with one-upmanship.

  1. inherited from wīfmann
  2. inherited from womman
  3. formed as one-upwomanship — “one-up + woman + -ship

Definitions

  1. One-upmanship among women.

    • In the afternoons, she watches TV, endless cycles of serials in which mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law engage in one-upwomanship.

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