brinkmanship

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪŋk.mən.ʃɪp/
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• General-American: /ˈbɹɪŋk.mənˌʃɪp/
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From brink (“border, edge”) + -manship (suffix denoting expertise, involvement, or special status in an area).

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: опасна игра (opasna igra) — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Chinese Mandarin: 邊緣政策 /边缘政策 (biānyuán zhèngcè) — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Chinese Mandarin: 極限施壓 /极限施压 (jíxiànshīyā) — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Danish: højt spil — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Dutch: afgrondpolitiek — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Dutch: riskant buitenlands beleid — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Finnish: uhkailu — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Finnish: uhittelu — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Finnish: kova peli — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• French: stratégie du bord de l’abyme — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• German: gewagtes Spiel — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• German: Hochrisikopolitik — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• German: Spiel mit dem Feuer — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Irish: bruachaireacht — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Italian: politica del rischio calcolato — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Japanese: 瀬戸際政策 (setogiwaseisaku) — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Japanese: 瀬戸際戦術 (setogiwasenjutsu) — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Korean: 벼랑끝 전술 (byeorangkkeut jeonsul) — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Māori: tū whakatete — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Polish: taktyka balansowania na krawędzi — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Portuguese: brinkmanship — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Portuguese: diplomacia arriscada — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Portuguese: peribelismo — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Russian: балансирование на грани (balansirovanije na grani) — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Russian: опасная игра (opasnaja igra) — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Russian: хождение по краю (xoždenije po kraju) — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Spanish: política del borde del abismo — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Swedish: högt spel — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Turkish: tırmandırma siyaseti — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Ukrainian: балансування над прірвою (balansuvannja nad prirvoju) — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Ukrainian: балансування на межі (balansuvannja na meži) — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point
• Welsh: dibynfentro — pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink rather than to concede a point