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People like me who were engaging in brinkmanship with the party economic bosses and the open dissidents who were being arrested were pursuing a common goal in different ways.
Vaclav Klaus

Meaning of "brinkmanship" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BRINKMANSHIP

brinkmanship  [ˈbrɪŋkmənˌʃɪp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRINKMANSHIP

noun
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Brinkmanship is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BRINKMANSHIP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

brinkmanship

Brinkmanship

Brinkmanship is the practice of pushing dangerous events to the brink of disaster in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome. It occurs in international politics, foreign policy, labour relations, and military strategy involving the threatened use of nuclear weapons. This maneuver of pushing a situation with the opponent to the brink succeeds by forcing the opponent to back down and make concessions. This might be achieved through diplomatic maneuvers by creating the impression that one is willing to use extreme methods rather than concede. During the Cold War, the threat of nuclear force was often used as such an escalating measure.

Definition of brinkmanship in the English dictionary

The definition of brinkmanship in the dictionary is the art or practice of pressing a dangerous situation, esp in international affairs, to the limit of safety and peace in order to win an advantage from a threatening or tenacious foe.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRINKMANSHIP


aldermanship
ˈɔːldəmənˌʃɪp
batsmanship
ˈbætsmənˌʃɪp
bondmanship
ˈbɒndmənˌʃɪp
catechumenship
ˌkætɪˈkjuːmənˌʃɪp
championship
ˈtʃæmpɪənˌʃɪp
chapmanship
ˈtʃæpmənˌʃɪp
citizenship
ˈsɪtɪzənˌʃɪp
co-chairmanship
kəʊˈtʃɛəmənˌʃɪp
foremanship
ˈfɔːmənˌʃɪp
freshmanship
ˈfreʃmənˌʃɪp
gamesmanship
ˈɡeɪmzmənˌʃɪp
grantsmanship
ˈɡrɑːntsmənˌʃɪp
gunmanship
ˈɡʌnmənˌʃɪp
hetmanship
ˈhɛtmənˌʃɪp
horsemanship
ˈhɔːsmənˌʃɪp
huntsmanship
ˈhʌntsmənˌʃɪp
lifemanship
ˈlaɪfmənˌʃɪp
ombudsmanship
ˈɒmbʊdzmənˌʃɪp
watermanship
ˈwɔːtəmənˌʃɪp
yachtsmanship
ˈjɒtsmənˌʃɪp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRINKMANSHIP

bring to book
bring to justice
bring to pass
bring up
bring up the rear
bring-and-buy sale
bringdown
bringer
bringing-up
brinier
briniest
brininess
brinish
brinjal
brinjarry
brink
brinkman
brinnies
brinny
briny

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRINKMANSHIP

bipartisanship
chairmanship
craftsmanship
externship
guardianship
gunship
internship
kinship
leadership
league championship
love-hate relationship
marksmanship
musicianship
relationship
showmanship
sportsmanship
swordsmanship
township
working relationship
workmanship
world championship

Synonyms and antonyms of brinkmanship in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «brinkmanship» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRINKMANSHIP

Find out the translation of brinkmanship to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of brinkmanship from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brinkmanship» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

边缘政策
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

brinkmanship
570 millions of speakers

English

brinkmanship
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अस्थिरता
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

سياسة حافة الهاوية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

балансирование на грани войны
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

brinkmanship
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

brinkman
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la corde raide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Brinkman
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spiel mit dem Feuer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

瀬戸際政策
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

벼랑 끝 전술
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Brinkman
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

brinkmanship
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Brinkman
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोळंबी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Brinkman
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

politica del rischio calcolato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Spoiwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

балансування на межі війни
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

politică pe marginea prăpăstiei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μικροπολιτική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bergt
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

balansgång
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brinkmanship
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brinkmanship

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRINKMANSHIP»

The term «brinkmanship» is regularly used and occupies the 81.168 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRINKMANSHIP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brinkmanship

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QUOTES WITH «BRINKMANSHIP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word brinkmanship.
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Vaclav Klaus
People like me who were engaging in brinkmanship with the party economic bosses and the open dissidents who were being arrested were pursuing a common goal in different ways.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRINKMANSHIP»

Discover the use of brinkmanship in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brinkmanship and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Brinkmanship
The Venette Convention has always remained independent, but it is about to become the flashpoint for a tense military standoff between the two power blocs now dominating interstellar space—the United Federation of Planets and the recently ...
Una McCormack, 2012
2
The Troubled Dream of Life: In Search of a Peaceful Death
I define "brinkmanship" as the gambling effort to go as close to that line as possible before the cessation or abatement of treatment. Common sense seems to dictate such a course: aggressively work to prolong life until it becomes futile, ...
Daniel Callahan, 2000
3
Belligerents, brinkmanship, and the big stick: a historical ...
Offers authoritative coverage of the concepts, traditions, events, and individuals that shaped United States' foreign relations from the American Revolution to the present.
John M. Dobson, 2009
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US Military Strategy and the Cold War Endgame
Environments. According to American military strategists, the technique for making adversaries yield to threats without actually engaging in war is brinkmanship.1 Nuclear weapons were ideal tools for Cold War brinksmen, or so it seemed.
Stephen J. Cimbala, 1995
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The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in ...
We will return to some aspects of the art of practicing brinkmanship in the next chapter. For now, we end on a cautionary note. With any exercise of brinkmanship, there is always the danger of falling off the brink. While we look back at the ...
Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff, 2010
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Nuclear Strategies: Assured Destruction, Balance of Terror, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013
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On the Road to the Wolf's Lair: German Resistance to Hitler
14. The. Diplomacy. of. Brinkmanship. On February 12, 1938, only a few days after Hitler's purge of the military leadership and the diplomatic corps, the New Statesman and Nation prophesied that the process of internal reorganization in ...
Theodore S. Hamerow, 1997
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Nuclear Deterrence Theory: The Search for Credibility
The. dynamics. of. nuclear. brinkmanship. The strategy that leaves something to chance and the array of risk link the use or threatened use of force to states' attempts to further their interests. Even in a condition of mutually assured destruction, ...
Robert Powell, 1990
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An Introduction to Bioethics
Third, there is what Daniel Callahan refers to as technological brinkmanship, "a powerful clinical drive to push technology as far as possible to save life while, at the same time, preserving a decent quality of life." In this context, brinkmanship is  ...
Thomas Anthony Shannon, 1997
10
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Brinkmanship
While Captain Ezri Dax and the crew of the U.S.S. Aventine investigate a disturbance on one of the Venette bases, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the U.S.S. Enterprise arrive on the Venette homeworld to resolve a tense situation involving ...
Una McCormack, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRINKMANSHIP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brinkmanship is used in the context of the following news items.
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Nuclear Brinkmanship at Iran Talks Puts Deadlines Into Play
(Bloomberg) – Foreign ministers negotiating an Iran nuclear deal are on the verge of missing deadlines that could delay the energy-rich ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
2
What Greek, and German, history can teach us about today's crisis
... Angela Merkel and her advisers decide what Germany – and the EU – must do to rescue Greece from its own brinkmanship and save Europe ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Greek drama threatens to stomp this bull market
Stock traders got whacked Monday by the game of brinkmanship playing out between the Hellenic Republic and its array of hard-line ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
4
Greek referendum result 'no moral victory' – Ibec
It's a sheer act of brinkmanship that could have disastrous consequences for the people of Greece. It also will have an impact across Europe, ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
5
A dose of reality for the eurozone
The ruling party has modified its rhetoric and shunted aside the man who, in many ways, had come to personify its aggressive brinkmanship: ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
6
Liverpool's questionable squad depth
And so with all this indecision and brinkmanship going on, a detailed examination of Liverpool's overall squad may be premature. They have ... «ESPN FC, Jul 15»
7
Obama Heads to Pentagon for Meetings On ISIS
... Capaccio, who asked whether the budget brinkmanship in Washington might cause troops around the world to fear whether they'd be paid. «The Bell Jar, Jul 15»
8
A year on, saluting Israel's fallen
However, the assessment is that the Iranians are intentionally reverting to brinkmanship, and in the end, the sides will manage to reach a deal ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
9
Greece debt crisis: Greeks are claiming victory but true winner far …
Alexis Tsipras' interpretation of the will of the Greek people means the brinkmanship on both sides is now fully exposed, but not what comes ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
10
Congress heads back to work with looming funding deadline
The government's borrowing limit will also need to be raised sometime before the end of the year, another issue that's ripe for brinkmanship. «The Mercury, Jul 15»

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