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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)play

  Familiarity information: BRINKMANSHIP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BRINKMANSHIP (noun)


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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