{
  "id": "winner-takes-all.exceeding",
  "term": "winner takes all",
  "sense": "exceeding",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 18,
  "domain": "social dynamics",
  "style": "folk",
  "definition": "When a thing's window allows only one instance to persist, and all others are excluded despite their parts being capable of more.",
  "folk_gloss": "One person gets everything and the others get nothing.",
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "window.range",
      "wall.range-end",
      "parameter.condition",
      "maintenance.upkeep",
      "whole.complete"
    ],
    "interaction": "interaction.process",
    "novel_properties": [
      "whole.exceeding.its.parts"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "winner take all",
    "winner takes all"
  ],
  "closed": false,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "phrases:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.7,
    "sources": [
      "folk phrase — the whole exceeding its parts"
    ]
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-winner-takes-all.exceeding"
}