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noun
Date: 1821
1. the office or position of a leader
2. capacity to lead
3. the act or an instance of leading
4. leaders <the party leadership>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
leadership
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leadership — 1821, position of a leader, from LEADER (Cf. leader) + SHIP (Cf. ship). Sense extended by late 19c. to characteristics necessary to be a leader … Etymology dictionary
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leadership — [n] guidance administration, authority, capacity, command, conduction, control, conveyance, direction, directorship, domination, foresight, hegemony, influence, initiative, management, pilotage, power, preeminence, primacy, skill, superintendency … New thesaurus
leadership — [lē′dərship΄] n. 1. the position or guidance of a leader 2. the ability to lead 3. the leaders of a group … English World dictionary
