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Definition of brinkmanship noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

brinkmanship

noun

NAmE//ˈbrɪŋkmənˌʃɪp//

(also brinksmanship

NAmE//ˈbrɪŋksmənˌʃɪp//

) [uncountable]

the activity, especially in politics, of getting into a situation that could be very dangerous in order to frighten people and make them do what you want engaged in a deadly game of political brinkmanship

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