brinksmanship
/ˈbɹɪŋksmənˌʃɪp/
pushing a dangerous situation to the edge
brinksmanship in a sentence
“Cuban Missile Crisis exemplified brinksmanship.”
Origin of brinksmanship
From brink + -manship, coined 1956
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