• Brinkmanship

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    Origin

    1956. From brink + -manship.

    Full definition of brinkmanship

    Noun

    brinkmanship

    (uncountable)
    1. Pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to risk a dangerous policy rather than concede a point.The diplomat accused the other nation's leader of brinkmanship for refusing to redeploy the troops along their nations' shared border.
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