What does zero sum mean?
Definitions for zero sum
ze·ro sum
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Zero Sum
Skinner destroys evidence to cover up a woman's death and poses as Agent Mulder to complete the task. Mulder finds out about Skinner's deception and confronts him, and Skinner reveals that he is working for the Cigarette-Smoking Man in order to obtain a possible cure for Scully's cancer.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of zero sum in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of zero sum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of zero sum in a Sentence
Having locked themselves in a zero-sum game of power, our political parties and leaders are not only exposing their political bankruptcy, but also expanding their distance from the people and public interest on a daily basis, this violence must stop, and people must feel safe.
We don't view this as a zero-sum game ; we have never viewed it that way, this is not meant to be, nor should it be, a divide between East and West. This is about rule of law ; it's about the norms by which nation states behave.
There is still a zero-sum mentality (among Greeks) on this name issue, it's an issue which involves history and symbols, and ... a compromise is very difficult in this case.
A lot of my colleagues, especially on the select committee, use rhetoric like, ‘This is a new Cold War,’ first of all, it’s not true: The Soviet Union was a very different competitor than China. And it’s framed in a very zero-sum way … It’s very much being talked about as if their entire way of life is incompatible with ours and cannot coexist with ours, and that heightens the tension.
That is not true at all, it was never zero sum between the two.
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