Download the app
educalingo
Search
If you offer athletes stipends, then you're into pay-for-play, and that's the ballgame. People should realize that, and they should realize that amateurism never has been a sustainable model for a sports-entertainment industry. It wasn't in tennis. It wasn't in the Olympics. And it's not in big-time college sports.
Charlie Pierce

Meaning of "amateurism" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF AMATEURISM

amateurism  [ˈæmətjərɪzəm] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMATEURISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Amateurism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AMATEURISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Amateur

An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science in a non-professional or unpaid manner. Amateurs often have little or no formal training in their pursuits, and many are autodidacts. Amateurism can be seen in both a negative and positive light. Since amateurs often do not have formal training, some amateur work may be considered sub-par. For example, amateur athletes in sports such as basketball, baseball or football are regarded as having a lower level of ability than professional athletes. On the other hand, an amateur may be in a position to approach a subject with an open mind and in a financially disinterested manner. An amateur who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest, or who possesses a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge, is often referred to as a dilettante. The lack of financial benefit can also be seen as a sign of commitment to an activity; and until the 1970s the Olympic rules required that competitors be amateurs. Receiving payment to participate in an event disqualified an athlete from that event, as in the case of Jim Thorpe.

Definition of amateurism in the English dictionary

The definition of amateurism in the dictionary is the engagement in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession. Other definition of amateurism is the fact of lacking professional skill or knowledge.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMATEURISM


agritourism
ˈæɡrɪˌtʊərɪzəm
agrotourism
ˈæɡrəʊˌtʊərɪzəm
aneurism
ˈænjərɪzəm
antiterrorism
ˌæntɪˈterərɪzəm
careerism
kəˈrɪərɪzəm
chimerism
kaɪˈmɪərɪzəm
colorism
ˈkʌlərɪzəm
cyberterrorism
ˈsaɪbəˌtɛrərɪzəm
deteriorism
dɪˈtɪərɪərɪzəm
doctrinairism
ˌdɒktrɪˈnɛərɪzəm
ecotourism
ˈiːkəʊˌtʊərɪzəm
gangsterism
ˈɡæŋstərɪzəm
panderism
ˈpændərɪzəm
pauperism
ˈpɔːpərɪzəm
Quakerism
ˈkweɪkərɪzəm
tourism
ˈtʊərɪzəm
volunteerism
ˌvɒlənˈtɪərɪzəm
voluntourism
ˌvɒlənˈtʊərɪzəm
voyeurism
ˈvwaɪərɪzəm
welfarism
ˈwɛlˌfɛərɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMATEURISM

amassment
amate
amateur
amateur dramatics
amateur status
amateurish
amateurishly
amateurishness
amateurship
Amati
amation
amative
amatively
amativeness
amatol
amatorial
amatorially
amatorian
amatorious
amatory

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMATEURISM

adventure tourism
adventurism
astrotourism
auteurism
behaviourism
dark tourism
epicurism
futurism
heurism
labourism
naturism
neurism
pasteurism
purism
scripturism
sex tourism
shamateurism
sinecurism
space tourism
terrorism
vulturism

Synonyms and antonyms of amateurism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «amateurism» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF AMATEURISM

Find out the translation of amateurism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of amateurism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «amateurism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

业余
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

amateurismo
570 millions of speakers

English

amateurism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अमेच्युअर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هواة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дилетантизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

amadorismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পল্লবগ্রাহিতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

amateurisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Amalanisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dilettantismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

道楽
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아마추어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Amatir
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm không khéo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பயிலுதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हौस म्हणून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

amatörlük
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dilettantismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Amatorszczyzna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дилетантизм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amatorism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ερασιτεχνισμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

amateurisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

amatörism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

amateurism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of amateurism

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMATEURISM»

The term «amateurism» is regularly used and occupies the 78.314 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
64
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «amateurism» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of amateurism
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «amateurism».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMATEURISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «amateurism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «amateurism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about amateurism

EXAMPLES

3 QUOTES WITH «AMATEURISM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word amateurism.
1
Alex Berenson
Sochi started with the same problem as every Winter Olympics. Forget the crass commercialism, the fake amateurism, NBC's refusal to televise important events live to all its viewers. As an event, the Winter Games fail on the most basic level. They're lousy to watch.
2
Bill Bruford
This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses.
3
Charlie Pierce
If you offer athletes stipends, then you're into pay-for-play, and that's the ballgame. People should realize that, and they should realize that amateurism never has been a sustainable model for a sports-entertainment industry. It wasn't in tennis. It wasn't in the Olympics. And it's not in big-time college sports.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMATEURISM»

Discover the use of amateurism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to amateurism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Amateurism in Sport: An Analysis and Defence
2. Amateurism. as. Ideology. I suggested in the opening chapter that any set of ideas at any one time and place can either be taken seriously on their merits or treated as ideology, explained in terms of their function in respect of social status  ...
Lincoln Allison, 2012
2
The End of Amateurism in American Track and Field
Combining social and institutional history and incorporating the recollections of the athletes and meet directors on the front lines, The End of Amateurism in Track and Field shows how the athletes thoroughly transformed their sport to end ...
Joseph M. Turrini, 2010
3
Amateurism and Athletics
Geschichte, Amateurismus.
Eugene Arlen Glader, 1978
4
The Philosophy of Literary Amateurism
" With persuasive readings of the works of major international writers of the Western tradition, Lebowitz passionately argues that all great writing is guided by a moral and temperamental complexity and richness.
Naomi Lebowitz, 1994
5
Applying Amateurism in the Global Sports Arena: Analysis of ...
Amateurism is the defining feature of intercollegiate athletics in America.
David Allen Pierce, 2007
6
On The Corinthian Spirit: The Decline of Amateurism in Sport
On the Corinthian Spirit has many heroes - from 'Charlie Bam', the legendary Corinthian defender, who once played a game with a broken leg, to the boys' school story hero Strickland of the Sixth, Old Etonian cricket-lover George Orwell and ...
D J Taylor, 2010
7
Gentlemen & Players: The Death of Amateurism in Cricket
This book focuses on the final ten years of amateurism and the Gentlemen v Players fixture, starting with Charles Williams' own presence in the (amateur) Oxbridge teams that included future England captains such as Peter May, Colin Cowdrey ...
Charles Williams, 2012
8
Amateurism in British Sport: It Matters Not Who Won or Lost?
In the essays collected here, amateurism, both as ideology and practice, is subject to critical and unsentimental scrutiny, effectively challenging the dominant narrative of more conventional histories of British sport.
Dilwyn Porter, Stephen Wagg, 2013
9
American Physical Education Review
Your Committee on Amateurism has been struggling with this important subject during the past year in conjunction with one from the Amateur Athletic Research Society. The importance of the subject of amateurism is becoming greater on ...
10
The Business of Sports Agents
Kenneth L. Shropshire and Timothy Davis, experts in the fields of sports business and law, examine the history of the sports agent business and the rules and laws developed to regulate the profession and consider recommendations for reform.
Kenneth L. Shropshire, Timothy Davis, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMATEURISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term amateurism is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Greeks deserve more than threats of further hardship
... of people joined demonstrations for the No camp — under the banner of a Syriza-led government that has displayed nothing but amateurism ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
Jason Whitlock and the Messy Saga of ESPN's 'Black Grantland'
... “the greatest piece of sports journalism I've ever been associated with or seen (other than Taylor Branch's piece on the NCAA amateurism). «New York Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Greek referendum: Is Alexis Tsipras a saviour or an erratic …
Whether as part of a cunning plan or an example of his amateurism and inexperience, Mr Tsipras has played an erratic game, charging from ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
4
Alabama self-reports 13 NCAA secondary violations
Track and field: A coach allowed a student-athlete to travel and compete prior to receiving its final amateurism certification, and an assistant ... «Montgomery Advertiser, Jul 15»
5
Even pro-Europeans admit the Greek crisis has been disastrous for …
But the Eurozone is too big and important a place for the political amateurism and national egoism shown by both the creditors and the Greek ... «City A.M., Jul 15»
6
The monumental cultural cluelessness of modern Conservatives
But embarrassment is only part of what gross amateurism stands to achieve on that shore. Although this hack reworking of an almost sacred ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
7
July 3, 1925: Sport's first female superstar rewrites the rules on …
Her return-shot fizzed with a call for parity for all, regardless of gender. Her decision to abandon amateurism was not about money: she called it ... «BT.com, Jul 15»
8
Attitudes beginning to evolve
“I think the American model of amateurism and limited betting on sports has always been a little bit of an outlier,” said Keith Whyte, the ... «Bend Bulletin, Jul 15»
9
I'll support England's women, but it's not like men's football – and …
Another is the amateurism and egalitarianism. Almost all of the squad are part-timers. The highest earning professional, captain Steph ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
10
Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan to retire after next season
I guess you can be mad that Bo was too proud (or, in the construct of the sportswriter who upholds the honors and tenets of amateurism, ... «Rapid News Network, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Amateurism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/amateurism>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z