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
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