Associations to the word «Brinkmanship»
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Wiktionary
BRINKMANSHIP, noun. Pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to risk a dangerous policy rather than concede a point.
Dictionary definition
BRINKMANSHIP, noun. The policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety).
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.