Gamesmanship
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gamesmanship is a noun meaning The use of legal but unsporting tactics to gain an advantage over one’s opponent.
Meaning
The use of legal but unsporting tactics to gain an advantage over one’s opponent.
Example Sentences
They kept the other team waiting on the field until the last possible moment – that was a clear case of gamesmanship.
[Tina] Satter’s film, with its dramatization of the investigators’ formalized gamesmanship and [Reality] Winner’s strategic maneuvering, is fascinating but narrow, both regarding the protagonist and the law at large.
Word Forms
- gamesmanships
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cheap shot, sportsmanship, metagame, gaming, sport, gameplaying.
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