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BRINKMANSHIP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("brinkmanship" is a kind of...):
foreign policy (a policy governing international relations)