zero-sum

Of a system, where all gains are offset by exactly equal losses.

Adjective

  1. Of a system, where all gains are offset by exactly equal losses.
    • Dalio is right, but somewhat self-serving. If hedge-fund managers are playing a zero-sum game, what is their social utility? […] Can it really be in America’s interest to have so much of its young talent playing a...
    • When disorder reigns, humanity tends toward an extraction system. This kind of existence is one of low trust and zero-sum, where people are replaceable, the past is overlooked, and those who react quickly prevail. -...

    Coordinate Terms: positive-sum win-win negative-sum

Related

zero-based

Derived

zero-sum game

Noun

  1. Ellipsis of zero-sum game, zero-sum situation, etc.

    Coordinate Terms: win-win lose-lose

Forms

zero-sums

Wikipedia

zero-sum