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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)

Merriam Webster's

also brinksmanship noun Date: 1956 the art or practice of pushing a dangerous situation or confrontation to the limit of safety especially to force a desired outcome

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the art or policy of pursuing a dangerous course to the brink of catastrophe before desisting.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Brinkmanship is a method of behaviour, especially in politics, in which you deliberately get into dangerous situations which could result in disaster but which could also bring success. (JOURNALISM) There is a lot of political brinkmanship involved in this latest development.

Moby Thesaurus

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