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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesjogo de superequipe
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʒo-ɡu dʒi su-pe-ɾe-ki-pi
"A conversa entre eles virou uma competição para ver quem era melhor."
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The practice of continually trying to gain an advantage over or to outdo other people.
"Their conversation quickly descended into a game of professional one-upmanship."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined by the English author Stephen Potter in his 1952 book 'One-Puckmanship', derived from the phrase 'one up' (meaning to be winning by one point or advantage) combined with the suffix '-manship'.
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la politique de la supériorité
Transliteration: la poli-tik de la su-pe-rio-ri-te
"Leurs discussions ne sont qu'un exercice de supériorité."
Übertrumpfungsspiel
Transliteration: Y-ber-trump-fungs-spiel
"Das Treffen der Kollegen artete in ständiges Übertrumpfungsspiel aus."
l'arte di primeggiare
Transliteration: lar-te di pri-meg-gia-re
"Tra di loro è una continua gara a chi è superiore."
el arte de superar al otro
Transliteration: el ar-te de su-pe-rar al o-tro
"La reunión se convirtió en un ejercicio constante de superioridad."
jogo de superequipe
Transliteration: ʒo-ɡu dʒi su-pe-ɾe-ki-pi
"A conversa entre eles virou uma competição para ver quem era melhor."
एक-दूसरे से आगे निकलने की होड़
Transliteration: ek-dusre se aage nikalne ki hod
"उन दोनों के बीच हमेशा एक-दूसरे से आगे निकलने की होड़ लगी रहती है।"
争强好胜
Transliteration: zhēng qiáng hào shèng
"他们之间的对话演变成了一场无休止的争强好胜。"
우위 선점 경쟁
Transliteration: u-wi seon-jeom gyeong-jaeng
"두 사람의 대화는 서로 잘났음을 뽐내는 경쟁으로 변질되었다."
マウントの取り合い
Transliteration: maunto no toriai
"彼らの会話は常にどちらが上かを示すマウントの取り合いだ。"
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