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rivalship en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree English rival Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English rivalship From rival + -ship.

Meanings

1. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Rivalry.
   • Where the competition is free, the rivalship of competitors, who are all endeavouring to justle one another out of employment, obliges every man to endeavour to execute his work with a certain degree of exactness. 1776, Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, page 759:
   • Such was the amiable Frenchman for whom I felt that perfect friendship, that soldier-like fraternity, which we are only capable of in our youth, before we are alive to feelings of rivalship, before irrevocable courses, furrow and divide the field of futurity. 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book XII. The history of Lord Nelville.] Chap[ter] I.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume III, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 145:

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rivalship en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From rival + ship (“a fictional romantic relationship between two characters”).

Meanings

1. (slang) A ship involving characters with an adversarial relationship.
   • where are my femslash rivalships/hateships i want girls who wanna DUEL before they smooch 2017 December 20, in the netherdeep (@NatRoze), Twitter:
   • it took me longer to ship drarry bc when i first read HP i was young and pure and didnt care about ships but now im rivalship trash so 2015 October 16, kat (@saItkath), Twitter:
   • I dont like kylo ren bc hes a bitch. Also r*ylo sucks because fuck rivalships she deserves better. Dont @ me 2019 March 6, may (@myosotiskills), Twitter:

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Synonyms

hateship