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Another word for rivalry

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Noun

  1. A vying with others for victory or supremacy

    See also:

    conflict

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Another word for rivalry

Noun
  1. See also:

    fight

    competition

    Antonyms:
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Sentence Examples

  • The last thing she wanted was rivalry among the men.

  • The rivalry between the English and the French, which had already convulsed the south, did not penetrate to Bengal.

  • Apart from the rivalry of the factions within the Assembly, there was the question of the Mussulman minority, dwindling it is true,' but still a force to be reckoned with.

  • It has been suggested that Perseus, the local hero of Argos, and Bellerophon were originally one and the same, the difference in their exploits being the result of the rivalry of Argos and Corinth.

  • It was the first definite product of Greek medicine on Roman soil, but was destined to be followed by others, which kept up a more or less successful rivalry with it, and with the Hippocratic tradition.

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