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Gamesmanship

Gamesmanship is the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win or gain a serious advantage in a game or sport. It has been described as "pushing the rules to the limit without getting caught, using whatever dubious methods possible to achieve the desired end". It may be inferred that the term derives from the idea of playing for the…

Techniques, Association football & Alleged origins

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Alleged origins

Techniques

Association football

Usage outside of games

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Gamesmanship

Nodes52
Edges51
Triples74
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.038462
Components1

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Gamesmanship

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related to Breaking the flow · 18
Gamesmanship → Delay, Distracting, Examples, Feigning, Flowers, Fond, For, Gamesmen, In, In American, More, Potter, See Gardens, Simulate, Taking, The, This, When
related to Causing the opponent to overthink · 12
Gamesmanship → Advicemanship, Asking, Claiming, Examples, For, Giving, Icing, In, In American, Potter, The, This
related to Association football · 11
Gamesmanship → Also, Arsenal, Arsenal's, Arsène Wenger, FA Cup, FIFA World Cup, In, Netherlands, Portugal, Sheffield United, Whilst
related to The gamesman versus the pure player · 8
Gamesmanship → Bzo, He, Hence, Potter, Potter's, The, Yet, Yugo-Slav Gamesmanship Championship
related to Alleged origins · 7
Gamesmanship → Because, Being, Joad, Kindly, On, Potter, While
related to References · 7
Gamesmanship → Cheating, Potter, Practice, Stephen Potter, The Art, The Theory, Winning Games Without Actually
related to Techniques · 6
Gamesmanship → BREAK THE FLOW, Breaking, Causing, Common, Potter, There
related to Usage outside of games · 4
Gamesmanship → Each, Potter, Technically, The
is a · 1
Gamesmanship → use of dubious

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Gamesmanshipis ause of dubious0.90text
Gamesmanshiprelated to Alleged originsPotter0.60section
Gamesmanshiprelated to Alleged originsJoad0.60section
Gamesmanshiprelated to Alleged originsOn0.60section
Gamesmanshiprelated to Alleged originsWhile0.60section
Gamesmanshiprelated to Alleged originsKindly0.60section
Gamesmanshiprelated to Alleged originsBeing0.60section
Gamesmanshiprelated to Alleged originsBecause0.60section
Gamesmanshiprelated to Association footballIn0.60section
Gamesmanshiprelated to Association footballWhilst0.60section
Gamesmanshiprelated to Association footballPortugal0.60section
Gamesmanshiprelated to Association footballNetherlands0.60section

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