Definitions for amateurism

amateurism am·a·teur·ism

Spelling: [am-uh-choo-riz-uh m, -tyoo<
IPA: /ˈæm ə tʃʊˌrɪz əm, -tyʊ-, -tʃə-, -tə-, ˌæm əˈtɜr ɪz əm/

Amateurism is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 713 anagrams from letters in amateurism (aaeimmrstu).

Definitions for amateurism

noun

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

Origin of amateurism

First recorded in 1865-70; amateur + -ism

Examples for amateurism

Thorpe was immediately defended around the world as a scapegoat to the elitist—and already hollow—code of amateurism.

But in every branch of politics and some departments of science it was an age of amateurism.

By 1982 the Olympic ideal of amateurism was as good as dead.

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.

Word Value for amateurism
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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