zero-sum game

NOUN
  1. a game in which the total of all the gains and losses is zero
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How To Use zero-sum game In A Sentence

  • They believe they're playing a zero-sum game, where both must compete for the same paltry resources.
  • But I have figured out a chunk of what I want in relationships, which helped me winnow three possibilities down to the one that suits me best (and I know, being poly means it's not a zero-sum game, but I don't like slicing up my time and energy too thin, and there are reasons the other two wouldn't work). Thor's Day
  • They both think in terms of a zero-sum game and this is the crux of the ongoing crisis.
  • Chasing after businesses by fighting over who can give the largest tax concessions is a zero-sum game. Al Norman: The End of EZ Money in California?
  • The 16 founder members decided it made better sense to bury their differences in the area of staff training and promotion of careers in the sector rather than continue the zero-sum game of poaching talent from each other.
  • In a zero-sum game, like poker, the total of winnings and losings of all players is zero: one player's gain implies another player's loss. Dimensions of Wholeness (from the PARABLE OF THE TRIBES)
  • Johnson: Unfortunately now, I don't think we have the leadership either in the White House or the Congress to end what I call a zero-sum game mentality towards the U.S. economy. Breaking News: CBS News
  • They believe they're playing a zero-sum game, where both must compete for the same paltry resources.
  • A subset of this fallacy is the pervasive view that securities trading is a zero-sum game. Exuberance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
  • In the process, the writ of the government starts losing relevance, and it all becomes a zero-sum game
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