rivalry

English

Etymology

From rival +‎ -ry.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪ.vəl.ɹi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

rivalry (countable and uncountable, plural rivalries)

1. An ongoing relationship between (usually two) rivals who compete for superiority.

   The Boston Bruins have a longstanding rivalry with the Montreal Canadiens.

   James and Polly have a bitter rivalry due to the latter's inclusion in the Tea Time Teaser.

2. (economics) The characteristic of being a rivalrous good, such that it can be consumed or used by only one person at a time.

   Common goods are those which are rivalrous in consumption but non-excludable

   • 2013 December 2 (last accessed), Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, at Johnstown, “Public Goods”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, archived from the original on 5 May 2015:
3. Any competition between two or more things or factors.

   Binocular rivalry is a visual phenomenon in which perception alternates between different images presented to each eye.

Derived terms

• archrivalry
• non-rivalry
• nonrivalry
• sibling rivalry

Translations

competition

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: съперничество (bg) n (sǎperničestvo), конкуренция (bg) f (konkurencija) Catalan: rivalitat (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 競爭 / 竞争 (zh) (jìngzhēng), 對抗 / 对抗 (zh) (duìkàng) (confrontation) Czech: soupeření n, rivalita f Danish: rivalisering c, rivalitet (da) c Dutch: rivaliteit (nl) Finnish: kilpailu (fi) French: rivalité (fr) f Galician: rivalidade (gl) f German: Rivalität (de) f Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃 f (haifsts) Greek: ανταγωνισμός (el) m (antagonismós) Hausa: hamayya Hungarian: vetélkedés (hu), versengés (hu) Irish: iomaidh f, coimhlint f Italian: rivalità (it), antagonismo (it) m Japanese: ライバル (ja) (raibaru), 競争 (ja) (きょうそう, kyōsō), 争い (ja) (あらそい, arasoi) (dispute), 拮抗 (ja) (きっこう, kikkō) Latin: rīvālitās f Macedonian: сопе́рништво n (sopérništvo), конкуре́нција f (konkuréncija), на́тпревар m (nátprevar) Maori: tauwhāingatanga Mongolian: өрсөлдөөн (mn) (örsöldöön) Ottoman Turkish: رقابت (rekabet) Polish: rywalizacja (pl) f Portuguese: rivalidade (pt) Romanian: rivalitate (ro) f Russian: сопе́рничество (ru) n (sopérničestvo) Spanish: rivalidad (es) f Tok Pisin: pasin resis Ukrainian: супе́рництво n (supérnyctvo) Urdu: مسابقت Welsh: ymryson (cy)