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English
Etymology
From rival + -ity, from Latin rivalitas: compare French rivalité.
Noun
rivality (countable and uncountable, plural rivalities)
- (obsolete) rivalry; competition
- (obsolete) equality, as of right or rank
c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Cæsar, having made use of him in the wars 'gainst Pompey , presently denied him rivality ; would not let him partake in the glory of the action : and not resting here , accuses him of letters he had formerly wrote to Pompey
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