-manship
1
a combination of -man and -ship, used as an independent suffix with the meaning “skill in a particular activity, especially of a competitive nature”: brinkmanship; grantsmanship; one-upmanship; sometimes compounded with a plural noun by analogy with craftsmanship, marksmanship, sportsmanship, etc.
Related Words
- boatsmanship
- brinkmanship
- gamesmanship
- grantsmanship
- lifemanship
- one-upmanship
-manship
noun suffix
brinkmanship
2. skilled engagement in a competitive activity
grantsmanship
noun suffix
ETYMOLOGY -man + -ship (as in horsemanship)
1. art or practice of a competitive naturebrinkmanship
2. skilled engagement in a competitive activity
grantsmanship
-manship
suffix
- (forming nouns) denoting skill in a subject or activity（构成名词）表示“技艺”, “技能”：
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marksmanship.
1821 . [ see bullmanships.v. bulln. 1 11 a]
1880 . [ see bushmanship]
1894 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Oct. 4/3Parisiennes continue to witch the world with noble bikemanship in their graceful kilted knickerbockers.
1909 M. B. Saunders Litany Lane 1. iii. 34Otherwise the allegory—and the good-humoured clubmanship—sufficed.
1925 L. O'Flaherty Informer vi. 78We can imagine him perfecting himself in the arts of gunmanship, deceit, . [ etc.]
1939 Amer. Speech XIV. 80/1Professor Kenneth B. Haas..inserted a short paragraph concerning ‘Consumer Vocabulary’ in an article entitled ‘Buymanship as an Economic Prophylaxis’.
1950 Sunday Times 9 July, Many gamesmen find a specious field for the exercise of their knowledge in the allied craft of queuemanship.
1951 C. D. Milner Dolomites 81Many fine climbers who were..developing British cragmanship.
1959 Evening Standard 13 June 4/3 His hobbies..include farming, motoring..and general do-it-yourself-manship.
1962 Economist 28 July 338/2 Connoisseurs of conferencemanship will be happy to find resolutions calling for the abolition of indirect taxation, . [ etc.]
1973 Nature 24 Aug. 526/1 He has some useful and pointed things to say on ‘grantsmanship’.
ORIGIN: from man noun -ship churchmanship , craftsmanship , etc. In mod. spec. sense orig. in gamesmanship
-manship
combining form. the art or skill of being, doing, or using (something) to one’s own advantage:
Companies find that premium-manship is more convincing than quality control(Saturday Review).
[abstracted from gamesmanship, lifemanship, and one-upmanship, terms coined by the English author Stephen Potter, born 1900]
-man·ship
\mənˌship\ noun suffix
(-s)
Etymology: sportsmanship
: art or practice of maneuvering to gain a tactical advantage
< gamesmanship >
< gamesmanship >
-manship
Suffix
- Expertise, involvement, or special status in an area. 1996, Steven H. Gale, Encyclopedia of British Humorists: Geoffrey Chaucer to John Cleese, p. 874:
- Stephen Potter is best known for his gamesmanship theory, a cunning, psychological tactic used to best a competitor, on or off the field. His basic "-manship" principle was later incorporate to include many everyday events.
2007, Rice University Neologisms Database:- Quippmanship n.
The ability to produce a catchy soundbyte, witty remark, or clever turn of phrase. The art, skill, or ability to create a catchy soundbyte, witty remark, or clever turn of phrase. Formed by an unknown word formation process.
[affixation; formed from 'quip' + 'manship'].
Etymology
Combination of -man and -ship.