Gamesmanship and Guilelessness

Gamesmanship

Gamesmanship noun - The use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end.
Usage example: that author doesn't go in for literary gamesmanship, so the reader is never led astray by the novel's narrator

Guilelessness is an antonym for gamesmanship.

Nearby Word: game

Guilelessness

Guilelessness noun - The quality or state of being simple and sincere.

Gamesmanship is an antonym for guilelessness.
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