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[ shoh-muhn-ship ] / ˈʃoʊ mənˌʃɪp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR showmanship ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe skill or ability of a showman. Origin of showmanshipFirst recorded in 1855–60; showman + -ship Words nearby showmanshipshowily, showiness, showing, showjumping, showman, showmanship, show-me, Show Me State, shown, show-off, show of hands Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for showmanshipMany critics have disdain precisely for this strange messiness of his, this showmanship that dares to create a new order. Frank Gehry Is Architecture’s Mad Genius|Sarah Moroz|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST And so we can think back to boxing, the showmanship of it, the charged arrival of the man in the silk robe. Oscar De La Hoya: What May Be Behind Cross-Dressing Rumors|Casey Schwartz|November 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST Or, as former senator Rick Santorum put it, “showmanship, not leadership.” Michele Bachmann’s Promise and Peril|Jill Lawrence|August 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST Gordon: I felt like it was a kind of showmanship and this highly intellectual meta-fictional move. The David Foster Wallace Generation|Seth Colter Walls|April 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Much information about showmanship is given in our makeup classes. The Art of Stage Dancing|Ned Wayburn In doing this you make use of an excellent little piece of showmanship; you pretend to be very nervous. Water Wizardry|Arthur Ainslie His anger struggled with his pleasure at Hugo's showmanship. As for the rest of the trick, the effect is produced entirely by showmanship. Water Wizardry|Arthur Ainslie As for Fanny's method; here is a typical example of her somewhat crude effectiveness in showmanship. Fanny Herself|Edna Ferber
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