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Olympism, n. Chiefly U.S.|əʊˈlɪmpɪz(ə)m, əˈlɪmp-|
[ad. F. olympisme (P. de Coubertin 1894, in L'Idée Olympique (1966) 5): cf. Olympic a., -ism.]
The spirit, principles, and ideals of the Olympic Games; commitment to or promotion of these values.
1967J. G. Dixon tr. P. de Coubertin's Olympic Idea 6 In the evening electricity transmitted everywhere the news that hellenic Olympism had re-entered the world after an eclipse of several centuries. 1967Internat. Olympic Comm. Newslet. (1968) x. 349 The IOC has asked what Olympism means to me as a former champion and prize-winner. 1976R. D. Mandell First Mod. Olympics iv. 89 The members..were to represent the principles of modern Olympism to their home countries. 1980Times 16 July 19/8 He received a bronze medal for ‘assiduously covering the Olympic Games, and the tenth Olympic Congress and IOC sessions and communicating, through his writing, his enthusiasm for Olympism and his faith in the movement’. 1988Financial Times 17 Sept. (Weekend Suppl.) p. xxiv/1 All week, South Korean politicians and Olympic officials have struggled to best each other with rhapsodies on the grand theme of ‘Olympism’—arguing that the Seoul Games will be looked back upon as Games of peace, friendship and reconciliation. |