zero-sum
of or denoting a system in which the sum of the gains equals the sum of the losses: a zero-sum economy.
Origin of zero-sum
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Is it True that “Gays vs. Traditionalists are a zero-sum Game”?
Do LGBTs Owe Christians an Olive Branch? Try The Other Way Around | Jay Michaelson | December 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAdvocates often describe a zero-sum game, in which more of one inevitably means less of the other.
Neither a civic voice nor a decent life is something a person should have to earn in zero-sum competition.
We Need More Class Traitors: Solving America’s Meritocracy Problem | Jedediah Purdy | April 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYet the function of blogging in a big-media context is not a zero-sum game.
But gaining while your opponents are dropping is all you need to win in the zero-sum game.
Polls Show the GOP Is Now Losing Their Faithful | Kirsten Powers | October 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Pigspleen actually paid me a non-zero sum of money to do this, which was really weird.
Little Brother | Cory DoctorowThese economies are predatory in the sense that they engage in zero-sum games.
After the Rain | Sam Vaknin
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