noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
fierce
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The consequence has been fierce rivalry between the two in all areas.
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In spite of the fierce rivalry between the two players the decision to agree a draw was marked by a sporting handshake.
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They did so, in the main, by mutual agreement, despite the simultaneous fierce rivalries .
friendly
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Physical closeness in the temple workshops may have stimulated friendly rivalry to produce ever-finer works and thus stimulated technical and artistic development.
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They've been racing each other for years and have developed a friendly rivalry .
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The weekend was pronounced a success by the crew, who are still nurturing friendly rivalries .
great
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Within quite a short time great rivalries grew up between students of different styles.
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The press were trying to build up a great rivalry between Ben and me, especially as I had never raced him.
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There was great rivalry between the colour factions, often with political implications.
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Alternatively, for both Left and Right, this was a form of great power rivalry .
intense
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The County Championship was a big meeting in those days, with intense rivalry between west and north London.
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An intense rivalry was to be renewed between Carl Lewis and Ben Johnson in the short sprint.
personal
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The key here lies not with personal rivalries , as administrative historians would have us believe.
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The Court at St Germain, however, was riven with personal rivalries and intrigues, which weakened Jacobite organisation considerably.
■ NOUN
sibling
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Others continue the hostility into adulthood and never make peace with their brothers and sisters - a phenomenon called sibling rivalry .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sibling rivalry
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A bad case of sibling rivalry, it seems.
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Fearing that in comparison to them he can not win his parents' love and esteem is what inflames sibling rivalry.
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In real life, positive and negative oedipal relations, and guilt about these relations often remain hidden behind sibling rivalry.
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Others continue the hostility into adulthood and never make peace with their brothers and sisters - a phenomenon called sibling rivalry.
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They felt no sibling rivalry where Joe was concerned.
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This rejection fear compounds the anxiety that others are preferred and also maybe preferable-the root of sibling rivalry.
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This was not the only instance of sibling rivalry in the house of Pelops.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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ethnic rivalries
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Holmes says that the rivalry between the two companies has been exaggerated.
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Just because sibling rivalry is normal doesn't mean you should ignore it.
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Most of the killings result from gang rivalry .
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There was an intense rivalry between the Brazilian and Italian teams.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All sorts of rivalries and intrigues are played out.
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Drama is a meeting and a rivalry of human antitheses.
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Moreover, departmental rivalries are endemic in the style of central government whereby competitive bids are made for limited financial resources.
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Self-respect stimulated by a little gentle rivalry demanded that all should be the very best available.
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The amount of rivalry , it seems, is not related to the amount of affection children feel for each other.
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Traditional friendships and rivalries played at least as important a part in this process as purely financial considerations.