family rivalry
Relatives competing intensely
Family rivalry is competition or conflict between members of the same family, whether siblings vying for parental attention, cousins competing for inheritance, or branches of a family contending for status or control.
The phrase often implies long-standing tensions that simmer beneath family gatherings: The family rivalry between the two brothers dated back to childhood.
In business contexts, it describes competition between relatives running competing enterprises or factions within a family firm.
- siblingBrother or sister
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- feudBitter ongoing rivalry
- blood feudInherited cycle of retribution
competition · resentment · silent treatment · favoritism · grudge · old wounds · estrangement · bickering · tension · betrayal · dysfunction · thanksgiving · holiday gathering · will · estate · bitter · squabbling · golden child
- Feudsfeud, grudge, vendetta, blood feud, bad blood
- revengeretaliation, payback, vengeance, vendetta, blood feud
family rivalryfamily unity
Cohesion among relatives
family harmony · familial love · sibling bond · family loyalty · brotherly love
family, families, familial, familiar, familiarity, familiarize, unfamiliar, rival, rivals