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managership

managership

1 6.3
A job leading a team or department in a company
  • noun
  • /ˈmænədʒərʃɪp/
: cargo de gerente
  • The new managership will allow him to implement his innovative ideas at the company.

Examples

  • Her promotion to managership came after years of hard work and dedication.

  • Either way, for those of you who are willing to abandon the plot to sabotage me in my assistant managership, you're free to go.

    The Good Humor Man (2005)

  • Amaro's modus operandi in his brief general managership has involved identifying a target and making the deal happen quickly.

    Blog text (11)

  • Gillon held the managership from 1878 through its expansion in 1880 and on until 1884.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Holding the managership gives her the authority to make crucial decisions for the team.

Antonyms

nonmanagement
1 4.7

Relating to staff or work done by people who are not bosses

How Senior

director
∞ 3.0
leader
∞ 1.0
managership
1 6.3
supervisor
332 2.8

Surface Forms

managership singular
managerships plural

Morphology

managership = manager (transparent) = manage + er + ship

The noun denotes the state or position of a 'manager' formed by adding the productive suffix '-ship', a clear and regular derivation.

Etymology

The word managership comes from manage, which originally meant 'to handle' and comes from the idea of the 'hand', as in manual. So managership is the position of the person who 'handles' or leads a team.