-ˌship noun
( -s )
1. : the art or practice of winning a sports contest by expedients of doubtful propriety (as by distracting an opponent) without actual violation of the rules of the game
gamesmanship is practiced in golf more freely than in any other sport — Time
2. : the use of ethically or intellectually dubious methods to achieve an objective
the proposed analysis … is pure gamesmanship , supported neither by phonetic nor by phonemic data — H.G.Lunt