Words similar to one-upmanship

Example sentences for: one-upmanship

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60, actually, is less noble: It is that the spirit of self-aggrandizement, one-upmanship, and trump-thy-neighbor can be channeled into charity by making it a race.
My dilemma has to do with one-upmanship.
All forms of appreciation suffer from a tendency toward one-upmanship.
It was refreshing to have coverage that pointed out, so humorously, the boys' foolishness and one-upmanship that characterize this case.
last night, Lewinsky spokeswoman Judy Smith offered this absurd bit of one-upmanship.