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BRINKMANSHIP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brinkmanship mean?
• BRINKMANSHIP (noun)
The noun BRINKMANSHIP has 1 sense:
1. the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)
Familiarity information: BRINKMANSHIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("brinkmanship" is a kind of...):
foreign policy (a policy governing international relations)
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