battle of the sexes

English

WOTD – 28 August 2012    

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Noun

battle of the sexes (plural battles of the sexes)

1. Any competition between males and females

   Tina thought battles of the sexes were downright stupid.

2. (game theory) A situation in which two people want to do different things, but do them together

Translations

any competition

• Catalan: guerra de sexes (ca) f
• Dutch: strijd der geslachten (nl) m
• Finnish: sukupuolten taistelu (fi)
• German: Geschlechterkampf (de) m

• Italian: battaglia dei sessi (it) f
• Russian: война полов (ru) (vojná polóv) f, борьба полов (ru) (borʹbá polóv) f

game theory

• Finnish: sukupuolten taistelu (fi)
• German: Kampf der Geschlechter (de)

• Italian: battaglia dei sessi (it) f
• Turkish: cinsiyetlerin savaşı (tr)