"ultimatum game" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ultimatum games [plural]
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  1. (economics) An experiment, concerning the sharing of wealth, designed to show the absence of rationality in economic thinking. Wikipedia link: ultimatum game Categories (topical): Economics
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