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leadership

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *laidī
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Proto-West Germanic *laid
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Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Proto-West Germanic *laidijārī
Old English lǣdere
Middle English ledere
English leader
Proto-Germanic *skapjaną
Proto-Germanic *-skapiz
Proto-West Germanic *-skapi
Old English -sċiepe
Middle English -schipe
English -ship
English leadership

    From leader + -ship.

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    leadership (countable and uncountable, plural leaderships)

    1. The capacity of someone to lead others.
      Wise, determined leadership matters most.
      • 1928, Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Presentation”, in The Happy Warrior Alfred E. Smith‎[1], Houghton Mifflin, →OCLC, →OL, pages 28–29:
        Personal leadership is a fundamental of successful government. I do not mean the leadership of the band of good fellows and good schemers who followed President Harding, nor the purely perfunctory party loyalty which has part of the time in part of the country sustained the present Chief Executive. I mean that leadership which, by sheer force of mind, by chain of unanswerable logic, has brought friends and foes alike to enact vitally needed measures of government reform.
      • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
        Shepard: You have a plan?
        Ambassador Udina: The galaxy needs leadership. Real leadership. When a crisis hits, we can't be paralyzed by debate like the old Council.
        Ambassador Udina: The new Council must rule with a single voice. It must be assembled from one species alone -- humanity!
    2. A group of leaders.
      • 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in The New York Times‎[2]:
        People who talk about an imminent possibility of war seldom pose this question: What would North Korea’s leadership get from unleashing a war that they are likely to lose in weeks, if not days?
      • 2018 December 10, Kathryn Vasel, “How to create a company culture that works”, in CNN‎[3]:
        Companies should survey their employees regularly to evaluate the implementation among the leaderships and peers.
      • 2024 October 9, Hadas Gold, Liam Reilly and Brian Stelter, “Shari Redstone says CBS leaders made ‘bad mistake’ with handling of Ta-Nehisi Coates interview fallout”, in CNN‎[4]:
        In stark opposition to what CBS editorial leadership told staff on Monday, Redstone said that she did not believe Dokoupil had violated the network’s editorial standards when he grilled Coates over the contents of his new book.
    3. The office or status of a leader.

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      Borrowed from English leadership.

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      leadership m (plural leaderships)

      1. leadership (the characteristics of leading by the leader)

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      Italian

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from English leadership.

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        leadership f (invariable)

        1. leadership
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