5
duality(deception, division, dishonesty, deceit, falsehood)
4
cunning(noun, deception, division, dishonesty, deceit)
4
gamesmanship(noun, trick, competition, ruse, wile)
3
cageyness(noun, competition, gamesmanship)
3
canniness(noun, competition, gamesmanship)
2
competition(noun, competition)
2
artfulness(noun, competition)
2
craftiness
2
cutthroat competition
2
wile
1
artifice(trick, deception, division, dishonesty, deceit)
1
guile(deception, division, dishonesty, deceit, falsehood)
1
right of way(expression, idiom)
1
Judas kiss(expression, deception, division, dishonesty, deceit)
1
callidity
1
competitiveness
1
dirty dealing(expression, deception, division, dishonesty, deceit)
1
dirty trick(expression, deception, division, dishonesty, deceit)
1
dirty work(expression, deception, division, dishonesty, deceit)
1
dissemblance(deception, division, dishonesty, deceit, falsehood)
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