English-Finnish translations for rivalry

• kilpailu
  Meidän on estettävä eri toimijoiden kilpailu tytäryhtiöistä Euroopan markkinoilla. We must prevent rivalry over subsidies between the various players on the European market.
  Kiinan ja Japanin välinen kilpailu on noussut esiin aikaisemmin ja näkyvämmin kuin mitä monet tarkkailijat ovat odottaneet. The China-Japan rivalry has surfaced earlier and more visibly than expected by many observers.
  Varmistakoot he rauhan, kun kansallismielinen kilpailu johtaa meidät jälleen kerran kriiseihin ja mahdollisesti sotaan. Let them come to ensure peace when nationalistic rivalry leads us once again into crisis and perhaps to war.

Definition of rivalry

• An ongoing relationship between rivals who compete for superiority
• The characteristic of being a rivalrous good, such that it can be consumed or used by only one person at a time
• Any competition between two or more things or factors

Examples

• The Boston Bruins have a longstanding rivalry with the Montreal Canadiens.
• James and Polly have a bitter rivalry due to the latters inclusion in the Tea Time Teaser.
• Common goods are those which are rivalrous in consumption but non-excludable
• Binocular rivalry is a visual phenomenon in which perception alternates between different images presented to each eye.

Related words

• rival
• arrival
• arrivals
• archrival
• rivalrous
• trivalent
• corrival
• unrivalled
• unrivaled