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showmanship

[ shoh-muhn-ship ]

noun

  1. the skill or ability of a showman.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of showmanship1

First recorded in 1855–60; showman + -ship

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Example Sentences

Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale is known for his showmanship, even airing television commercials in which he’s actually wearing a mattress to draw attention to his stores.

Goertzel’s particular brand of showmanship has caused many serious AI researchers to distance themselves from his end of the spectrum.

They have always included showmanship and sharp exchanges, but within the boundaries of what people expect of their presidents.

Many critics have disdain precisely for this strange messiness of his, this showmanship that dares to create a new order.

Get pumped for on-point vocals, mind-blowing showmanship, and lots and lots of surfboardts.

You would never know that Larson was infamous in evangelical circles for his bombastic showmanship by talking to him.

Mr. Showmanship, grew up in Milwaukee and started playing classical piano at age 4.

And so we can think back to boxing, the showmanship of it, the charged arrival of the man in the silk robe.

The theatre managers concerned state most definitely that nothing more than genuine showmanship is behind this.

Good showmanship consists of the ability to anticipate the verdict of the playgoing public.

Good showmanship in dancing consists also in being able to "sell" one's own personality in a dance.

His method would be cunning and crafty, and it would be done with a lot of showmanship.

That is being a successful showman, and he who does this exhibits real showmanship.

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