Associations to the word «Brinkmanship»

Wiktionary

BRINKMANSHIP, noun. Pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to risk a dangerous policy rather than concede a point.

Dictionary definition

BRINKMANSHIP, noun. The policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King