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amateurism

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

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noun

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

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Origin of amateurism

First recorded in 1865–70; amateur + -ism

Related formspseu·do·am·a·teur·ism, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for amateurism

Thorpe was immediately defended around the world as a scapegoat to the elitist—and already hollow—code of amateurism.
The Most Wonderful Athlete in the World: Jim Thorpe’s Story|Kate Buford|August 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
By 1982 the Olympic ideal of amateurism was as good as dead.
The Most Wonderful Athlete in the World: Jim Thorpe’s Story|Kate Buford|August 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But in every branch of politics and some departments of science it was an age of amateurism.
England and Germany|Emile Joseph Dillon
Exclamation points must be used sparingly: a row of three or four of them at the end of a sentence is a sign of amateurism.
Short Story Writing|Charles Raymond Barrett