one-upmanshipn.

Brit.

/(ˌ)wʌnˈʌpmənʃɪp/, U.S.

/wənˈəpmənˌʃɪp/

Forms: 1900s– one-upmanship, 1900s– one-upsmanship.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: one-up adv. and adj., -manship suffix.

Etymology: < one-up adv. and adj. + -manship suffix.The form one-upsmanship is probably after gamesmanship n.

The art or practice of gaining the advantage, the condition of being ‘one up’ (see one-up adv. and adj.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > psychological > art of

one-upmanship1952

upmanship1962

1952 S. Potter (title) One-upmanship.

1957 Amer. Econ. Rev. 47 687 We play at a scholar's version of Stephen Potter's ‘oneupsmanship’ [sic].

1962 P. Bracken I hate to housekeep Bk. viii. 87 It is thus that the manufacturers maintain their happy state of oneupmanship.

1973 J. Wainwright Touch of Malice 87 Smithson's one-up-man-ship ploy of keeping a senior police officer waiting.

2002 Ministry Jan. 41/2 [Her friends' behaviour] can't excuse her exercise in one-upmanship which resulted..in her shooting up liquid cocaine.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	one-upmanship
释义	one-upmanshipn. Brit. /(ˌ)wʌnˈʌpmənʃɪp/, U.S. /wənˈəpmənˌʃɪp/ Forms: 1900s– one-upmanship, 1900s– one-upsmanship. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: one-up adv. and adj., -manship suffix. Etymology: < one-up adv. and adj. + -manship suffix.The form one-upsmanship is probably after gamesmanship n. The art or practice of gaining the advantage, the condition of being ‘one up’ (see one-up adv. and adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > psychological > art of one-upmanship1952 upmanship1962 1952 S. Potter (title) One-upmanship. 1957 Amer. Econ. Rev. 47 687 We play at a scholar's version of Stephen Potter's ‘oneupsmanship’ [sic]. 1962 P. Bracken I hate to housekeep Bk. viii. 87 It is thus that the manufacturers maintain their happy state of oneupmanship. 1973 J. Wainwright Touch of Malice 87 Smithson's one-up-man-ship ploy of keeping a senior police officer waiting. 2002 Ministry Jan. 41/2 [Her friends' behaviour] can't excuse her exercise in one-upmanship which resulted..in her shooting up liquid cocaine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1952
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