amateurism

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English amateur

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English amateurism

From amateur + -ism.

Noun

amateurism (countable and uncountable, plural amateurisms)

1. (sometimes derogatory) The set of beliefs and practices of or relating to amateurs.

   Near-synonyms: dabbling, ultracrepidarianism, dilettantism

   1. The opinion or conviction that sports ought not to be played for money.

Translations

set of beliefs and practices of amateurs — see also dilettantism

• Catalan: amateurisme m
• Czech: amatérství n, amatérismus (cs) m
• Greek: ερασιτεχνισμός (el) m (erasitechnismós), ερασιτεχνία (el) f (erasitechnía)
• Finnish: amatööriys (fi)
• French: amateurisme (fr) m
• Icelandic: viðvaningssemi, áhugamennska
• Malay: amaturisme, faham amatur
• Polish: amatorstwo (pl) n, amatorszczyzna (pl) f
• Portuguese: amadorismo (pt) m, diletantismo (pt) m
• Romanian: amatorism (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: аматерѝзам (sh) m

  Latin script: amaterìzam (sh) m

• Ukrainian: ама́торство (uk) n (amátorstvo)