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What is a zero-sum game?

What is a zero-sum game? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A game (or a similar political or economic system) in which the gains of some players must equal the losses of others.
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Advocates often describe a zero-sum game, in which more of one inevitably means less of the other.
The notion that justice is a zero-sum game, that any gains won by one group come at the expense of another, is nonsense.
The strategy must also be clearly based on the understanding that sustainable development is not a zero-sum game where there can only be winners and losers.
Even though these 'rules of the game' establish overall preservation, they are seen to be a zero-sum game compared to other values.
The United States does not view Europe as a battleground between East and West, nor do we see the situation in Ukraine as a zero-sum game.
Moreover, the debate on unity and secession continues to remain a zero-sum game.

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