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Brinkmanship

nounid 20249·updated May 18, 2026
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the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)

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Variants

plural
Brinkmanships
possessive
Brinkmanship's
pluralpossessive
Brinkmanships'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)
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