rivalry

rivalité

Relation entre personnes ou groupes qui cherchent continuellement à faire mieux les uns que les autres.

En anglais simple : A relationship in which people or groups keep competing to be better than each other.

• There is rivalry between the two teams.
• Their childhood rivalry continued into adulthood.
• A fierce rivalry developed over the top position.

Comment l'utiliser : rivalry between A and B (The rivalry between the schools lasted for years.); rivalry with someone/something (Their rivalry with the neighbouring club grew stronger.)

Synonymes : competition

Contraires : cooperation

Expressions courantes : rivalry between teams, sibling rivalry, fierce rivalry

rivalité dans la consommation

Propriété d’un bien dont une quantité utilisée par quelqu’un n’est plus disponible pour les autres.

En anglais simple : The quality of a product whose use by one person prevents others from using the same amount.

• Economists distinguish goods by rivalry and exclusion.
• Rivalry in consumption affects how resources are shared.
• Digital copies can reduce rivalry in the use of information.

Synonymes : rivalrousness

Contraires : non-rivalry

Expressions courantes : rivalry in consumption, resource rivalry