ONE-UPMANSHIP


Meaning of ONE-UPMANSHIP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ wʌn ʌpmənʃɪp ]

If you refer to someone’s behaviour as one-upmanship , you disapprove of them trying to make other people feel inferior in order to make themselves appear more important.

...political one-upmanship.

N-UNCOUNT : oft supp N [ disapproval ]

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