leadership

leadership
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. superintendence, chieftainship, stewardship, guidance. See authority.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [The quality notable in leaders]
Syn. authority, control, executiveness, administration, effectiveness, activity, primacy, superiority, supremacy, skillfulness, skill, initiative, foresight, energy, capacity; see also influence 2 , power 2 .
2. [The action of leading]
Syn. direction, guidance, management; see administration 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
command, control, direction, guidance, influence, domination, sway, mastery, charisma, potency, authority, counsel, management, supervision, rulership, government, shepherding, pacesetting, trail-blazing, supremacy, dominace. ''Action, not position.''—Donald McGannon.
ANT.: subservience, subordination, obedience
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The capacity to lead others: command, lead. See PRECEDE. 2. An act or instance of guiding: direction, guidance, lead, management. See AFFECT.

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  • leadership — The established meanings ‘the position of a leader’ and ‘the ability to lead’ have been joined in the 20c by the meaning ‘group of leaders’: • A dinner for the heads of the Senate Committees and the Leadership on both sides and their wives Mrs L …   Modern English usage

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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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