Synonyms for rivalry
ˈraɪ vəl riri·val·ry

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1. rivalry

   Aspiration is the desire for excellence, pure and simple. Ambition, literally a going around to solicit votes, has primary reference to the award or approval of others, and is the eager desire of power, fame, or something deemed great and eminent, and viewed as a worthy prize. The prizes of aspiration are virtue, nobility, skill, or other high qualities. The prizes of ambition are advancement, fame, honor, and the like. There is a noble and wise or an ignoble, selfish, and harmful ambition. Emulation is not so much to win any excellence or success for itself as to equal or surpass other persons. There is such a thing as a noble emulation, when those we would equal or surpass are noble, and the means we would use worthy. But, at the highest, emulation is inferior as a motive to aspiration, which seeks the high quality or character for its own sake, not with reference to another. Competition is the striving for something that is sought by another at the same time. Emulation regards the abstract, competition the concrete; rivalry is the same in essential meaning with competition, but differs in the nature of the objects contested for, which, in the case of rivalry, are usually of the nobler sort and less subject to direct gaging, measurement, and rule. We speak of competition in business, emulation in scholarship, rivalry in love, politics, etc.; emulation of excellence, success, achievement; competition for a prize; rivalry between persons or nations. Competition may be friendly, rivalry is commonly hostile. Opposition is becoming a frequent substitute for competition in business language; it implies that the competitor is an opponent and hinderer.

   Synonyms:
   ambition, aspiration, competition, emulation, opposition

   Antonyms:
   carelessness, contentment, humility, indifference, satisfaction

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1. competition, contention, rivalrynoun

   the act of competing as for profit or a prize

   "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"

   Synonyms:
   rival, contestation, competitor, disceptation, competition, disputation, contender, argument, arguing, contention, challenger, contest, tilt, controversy

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1. • Group Action

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1. rivalrynoun

   Synonyms:
   competition, emulation, contention, RIVALSHIP

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1. rivalrynoun

   Synonyms:
   competition, emulation, contention

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1. List of paraphrases for "rivalry":

   competition, infighting

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1. Ali Akbar Velayati:

   In the energy sector, Iran and Russia should feel no rivalry and must cooperate with each other, our position is that such countries like Iran, Russia, Venezuela and Iraq ... should have more contacts and consultations on the energy market.

2. The Buccaneers:

   Peyton is my friend, a great quarterback, a great competitor, but there’s gonna always be a lot of talk about that rivalry, whether it’s him joking about we had it bugged or this-gate or that-gate… But Peyton is great. I think his analysis is funny, his wit is awesome. I enjoy listening to him.

3. Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh:

   If not addressed timely and successfully, it is likely to entail arms race, strategic rivalry of powers with disastrous and unpredictable consequences.

4. Jack Grealish:

   I was walking into position and then just felt a whack around the side of the face, obviously theres rivalry and stuff in football but I dont think theres any place for that.

5. Pope Francis:

   Do not be afraid to help one another. The devil is looking for rivalry, division, gangs. Keep working to make progress ... I have seen how pain does not stifle the hope deep within the human heart and how life goes on, finding new strength even in the midst of difficulties.