AMATEURISM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("amateurism" is a kind of...):

article of faith; conviction; strong belief (an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence)

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