amateurism

[ am-uh-choo-riz-uhm, -tyoo-, -chuh-, -tuh-, am-uh-tur-iz-uhm ]

noun

1. the practice, quality, or character of an amateur or amateurish performance.

Other Words From

• pseudo·ama·teur·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of amateurism¹

First recorded in 1865–70; amateur + -ism

Example Sentences

He added that the party represented the "silent majority" and could have won more seats, but that "amateurism let us down".

From BBC

There was a time when Olympians weren’t allowed to receive any money, when the International Olympic Committee clung to a hidebound notion of amateurism.

From Los Angeles Times

The details in the plan signal the end of the NCAA’s bedrock amateurism model that dates to its founding in 1906.

From Seattle Times

Wolf, as Diane Fisher, an early staffer, recalls, “was a big believer in amateurism rather than careerism.”

From Los Angeles Times

Still, it was the latest example of the pressure the association is under to finally abandon “amateurism” — the N.C.A.A.’s long-held dogma that prevents college athletes from being paid.

From New York Times