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What is another word for one-upmanship?

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The art or practice of successively outdoing a competitor

A tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand

A contest held to establish someone's, or something's, superiority or supremacy

Intentional deceptiveness or double-dealing

Noun

The art or practice of successively outdoing a competitor

competitive edge

“It would have been a simple matter to pilfer their tawdry Christmas illuminations in order to gain one-upmanship this year.”

Noun

A tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand

sleight of hand

course of action

bait and switch

misrepresentation

confidence trick

monkey business

underhandedness

unscrupulousness

smoke and mirrors

immediate action

proposed action

palace intrigue

eye-catching novelty

oldest trick in the book

standard procedure

instrumentality

specious reasoning

artful argument

mode of conduct

method of working

mode of behaviour

surreptitiousness

vision statement

mission statement

series of steps

double-crossing

treacherousness

standard operating procedure

military science

guiding principle

every trick in the book

confidence game

conscientiousness

organization^US

organisation^UK

systematization^US

systematisation^UK

series of measures

set of procedures

systematic process

leap in the dark

instrumentation

organizing system

what one is into

course of therapy

set of principles

entrepreneurship

frame of reference

orderly process

set of guidelines

set of channels

business enterprise

logical process

way of achieving

means of achieving

way of ensuring

means of ensuring

likely cause of

usual procedure

formularization

method of functioning

method of operation

manner of working

method of operating

mode of operation

piece of business

piece of advice

way of doing things

superintendency

superintendence

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Noun

A contest held to establish someone's, or something's, superiority or supremacy

sporting competition

boat race competition

competitive event

fierce competition

competitive fight

one-on-one contest

sporting contests

sports competitions

track-and-field events

crowning achievement

winner takes all

championship fight

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Noun

Intentional deceptiveness or double-dealing

underhandedness

treacherousness

monkey business

unscrupulousness

disingenuousness

sanctimoniousness

pharisaicalness

breach of trust

false-heartedness

false profession

untrustworthiness

breach of faith

stab in the back

misrepresentation

sleight of hand

double-crossing

duplicitousness

every trick in the book

lack of veracity

smoke and mirrors

misrepresenting

pretentiousness

dishonourableness

self-righteousness

unprincipledness

questionableness

questionability

telling stories

ambidextrousness

committing perjury

confidence trick

misappropriation

misleading talk

surreptitiousness

artful deception

crocodile tears

prestidigitation

palace intrigue

superciliousness

act of disloyalty

act of treachery

self-satisfaction

being two-faced

trahison des clercs

bait and switch

betrayal of trust

little white lies

demoralization^US

demoralisation^UK

dishonest dealings

hollow pretense

false pretension

being on the take

affected superiority

double standard

misbehaviour^UK

optical illusion

mischievousness

specious reasoning

misdemeanour^UK

artful argument

confidence game

bit of sharp practice

piece of deception

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

conjuring trick

cunning stratagems

use of fallacious arguments

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