'brinkmanship' definitions:
Definition of 'brinkmanship'
From: WordNet
noun
The policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)
Definition of 'brinkmanship'
From: GCIDE
- brinkmanship \brink"man*ship\, brinksmanship \brinks"man*ship\n. [brink + -manship. (1956).] the policy or practise of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety), in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome; -- used especially of diplomatic maneuvers in crisis situations, and originally applied to the policies of John Foster Dulles under President Eisenhower. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Synonyms of 'brinkmanship'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adventurousness,
- appeasement,
- audaciousness,
- audacity,
- balance of power,
- boldness,
- coexistence,
- colonialism,
- compromise,
- containment,
- courage fou,
- courting disaster,
- daredevilry,
- daredeviltry,
- daring,
- detente,
- deterrence,
- diplomacy,
- diplomatic,
- diplomatics,
- dollar diplomacy,
- dollar imperialism,
- Eisenhower Doctrine,
- expansionism,
- fire-eating,
- flirting with death,
- foolhardiness,
- foreign affairs,
- foreign policy,
- forwardness,
- going for broke,
- good-neighbor policy,
- harebrainedness,
- imperialism,
- internationalism,
- isolationism,
- manifest destiny,
- militarism,
- Monroe Doctrine,
- nationalism,
- neocolonialism,
- neutralism,
- Nixon Doctrine,
- nonresistance,
- open door,
- open-door policy,
- peace offensive,
- peaceful coexistence,
- playing with fire,
- preparedness,
- presumption,
- presumptuousness,
- shirt-sleeve diplomacy,
- shuttle diplomacy,
- spheres of influence,
- the big stick,
- tough policy,
- Truman Doctrine,
- world politics