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kingmaking

The English word “kingmaking” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The ceremony of crowning a king, or any similar ceremony of endowing a person with high office.
  2. In games, a strategy or design where one player (often the losing one) essentially gets to pick who wins.

Etymology

From king + making.

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