rivalship

rivalship

English

Etymology 1

From rival +‎ -ship.

Noun

rivalship (countable and uncountable, plural rivalships)

1. (now rare). Rivalry. [from 17th c.]
   • 1776, Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, page 759:

     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.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

rivalship (plural rivalships)

1. (fandom slang) A ship involving characters with an adversarial relationship.
   • 2015 October 16, kat (@saItkath), 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

   • 2017 December 20, in the netherdeep (@NatRoze), Twitter‎:

     where are my femslash rivalships/hateships i want girls who wanna DUEL before they smooch

   • 2019 March 6, may (@myosotiskills), Twitter‎:

     I dont like kylo ren bc hes a bitch. Also r*ylo sucks because fuck rivalships she deserves better. Dont @ me

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:rivalship.

   Synonym: hateship

References

• rivalship in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913