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Synonyms & Antonyms of gamesmanship
the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end
- that author doesn't go in for literary gamesmanship, so the reader is never led astray by the novel's narrator
Synonyms for gamesmanship
Words Related to gamesmanship
- artfulness,
- caginess
- (also cageyness),
- craftiness,
- cunning,
- deviousness,
- foxiness,
- oiliness,
- shadiness,
- sharpness,
- shiftiness,
- shrewdness,
- slickness,
- slipperiness,
- slyness,
- sneakiness,
- treachery,
- underhandedness,
- wiliness
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“Gamesmanship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamesmanship. Accessed 22 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of gamesmanship was in 1947
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