gladiatorshipn.
/ˈɡladɪeɪtəʃɪp/ The occupation of a gladiator; display of gladiatorial skill. Also figurative.
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fence-play1579
gladiature1654
gladiatorship1830
gladiatorism1860
1830 G. Croly George IV 378 They saw nothing in the most gallant successes, but a waste of national blood..a vulgar gladiatorship.
1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 788 There was no contention of mind with mind..no brilliant gladiatorship.
1883 Contemp. Rev. Nov. 707 Browning seems positively to revel, as though for the mere mental gladiatorship..in these labyrinthine convolutions of juggling sophistry.
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