• Rivalrous

    Origin

    rivalry + -ous

    Full definition of rivalrous

    Adjective

    rivalrous

    1. Having a relationship of rivalry
      • 2007, October 12, Stephen Holden, At New York Film Festival: Upheaval in Iran, Fiasco in Westchester, In “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead,” ...
        Mr. Lumet’s 45th film, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke play rivalrous brothers whose bungled robbery of their parents’ modest jewelry store in Westchester County begins a cycle of quasi-Greek family tragedy without a catharsis.
    2. (economics, of a good) which can be consumed by no more than one person at the same time
      • unknown, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, at Johnstown, Public GoodsRivalrous goods are those which can be consumed by only one person at the same time -- for example, a candy bar or a suit;
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