sportsmanshipn.
/ˈspɔːtsmənʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈspɔrtsmənˌʃɪp/ The performance or practice of a sportsman; skill in, or knowledge of, sport; (now esp.) conduct characteristic or worthy of a sportsman.See note at sportswomanship n.
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society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > fairness or equity > fairness and generosity
sportsmanship1749
sportsmanliness1778
society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > qualities of sportsperson
sportsmanship1749
sportsmanliness1778
muckerism1900
needle1923
shamateurism1928
killer instinct1931
playmaking1936
gamesmanship1939
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. iii. x. 212 He had..greatly recommended himself..by leaping over five-barred Gates, and by other Acts of Sportsmanship . View more context for this quotation
1841 Edinb. Rev. 53 382 He was not one of the Brummell set, or he would scarcely attribute the origin of Melton to their sportsmanship.
1897 Outing 30 239/2 If this advance..in oarsmanship can be accompanied with an advance in sportsmanship.
1936 Amer. Home Feb. 48/2 The average boy learns at school..that selfishness, deception, poor sportsmanship, and certain other anti-social traits do not pay.
1955 S. H. Adams Grandfather Stories 119 He is..notorious through all the docks of Erie, from Albany to Buffalo, for his probity and his sportsmanship.
1999 New Yorker 23 Aug. 148/3 At Nimmo Bay, he would enforce an inflexible catch-and-release policy—not only for the snob appeal, but for the sake of true sportsmanship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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