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View synonyms for one-upmanship

one-upmanship

[ wuhn-uhp-muhn-ship ]

noun

  1. the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.:

    the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.

oneˈ-upmanship

/ wʌnˈʌpmənʃɪp /

noun

  1. informal.
    the art or practice of achieving or maintaining an advantage over others, often by slightly unscrupulous means

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Word History and Origins

Origin of one-upmanship1

First recorded in 1950–55; one up + -manship

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