amateurism

American  

[am-uh-choo-riz-uhm, -tyoo-, -chuh-, -tuh-, am-uh-tur-iz-uhm] / ˈæm ə tʃʊˌrɪz əm, -tyʊ-, -tʃə-, -tə-, ˌæm əˈtɜr ɪz əm /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• pseudoamateurism noun

Etymology

Origin of amateurism

First recorded in 1865–70; amateur + -ism

Example Sentences

He says it was "evidence of the endearing amateurism around the gig".

From BBC

“It’s a result of seven years of amateurism and a spectacular drift in our public finances,” she has said.

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