Brinkmanship

//ˈbɹɪŋk.mən.ʃɪp//

Synonyms for "brinkmanship" (60 found)

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Translations

31 translations across 20 languages.

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Bulgarian

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  • опасна игра noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 極限施壓 /极限施压 noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)
  • 邊緣政策 /边缘政策 noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

Danish

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  • højt spil noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

Dutch

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  • afgrondpolitiek noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)
  • riskant buitenlands beleid noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

Finnish

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  • kovaa peliä noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)
  • uhkailu noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

French

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  • stratégie du bord de l’abyme noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

German

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  • Hochrisikopolitik noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)
  • Spiel mit dem Feuer noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)
  • gewagtes Spiel noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

Irish

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  • bruachaireacht noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

Italian

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  • politica del rischio calcolato noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

Japanese

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  • 瀬戸際戦術 noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)
  • 瀬戸際政策 noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

Korean

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  • 벼랑끝 전술 noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

Māori

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  • tū whakatete noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

Polish

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  • taktyka balansowania na krawędzi noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

Portuguese

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  • brinkmanship noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)
  • diplomacia arriscada noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)
  • peribelismo noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

Russian

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  • балансирование на грани noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)
  • опасная игра noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)
  • хождение по краю noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

Spanish

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  • política del borde del abismo noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

Swedish

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  • högt spel noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

Turkish

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  • tırmandırma siyaseti noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

Ukrainian

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  • балансування на межі noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)
  • балансування над прірвою noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

Welsh

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  • dibynfentro noun (pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point)

Sample sentences

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In the United States, Adlai Stevenson criticized the willingness of John Foster Dulles to threaten atomic war in confronting the Soviet Union; such military brinkmanship, he said, could eventually lead to annihilation of both countries.

Source: tatoeba (3854075)

A frosty east-west relationship led to a sort of brinkmanship where both NATO and Russia flew military aircraft close to the other side's frontiers or even deliberately made brief incursions into the other side's airspace, either to test air defence capabilities or as part of a pattern of intimidation or coercion.

Source: tatoeba (3854076)

It's time to stop this brinkmanship.

Source: tatoeba (6200033)

The diplomat accused the other nation’s leader of brinkmanship for refusing to redeploy the troops along their nations’ shared border.

Source: wiktionary

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