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rivalship|ˈraɪvəlʃɪp|
[f. rival n.2 + -ship.]
The state or character of a rival; emulation, competition, rivalry.
1632B. Jonson Magn. Lady ii. i, He hath confess'd To me in private that he loves another..; therefore Secure you of rivalship. 1664Power Exp. Philos. i. 11 That proud Madam which Pallas, for her Rivalship, transform'd into the Spider. 1700Farquhar Constant Couple i. i, I was beginning to mistrust some rivalship in the case. 1761Hume Hist. Eng. xxix. II. 161 The emulation and rivalship which had so long subsisted between these two monarchs. 1818Colebrooke Import Colonial Corn 198 The necessity must exist so long as rivalship continues among independent states. 1870W. R. Greg Polit. Probl. 224 Permanence is necessary to good government, and..our system of party rivalship forbids permanence. |