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Definition of Sportsmanship
1. Noun. Fairness in following the rules of the game.
Definition of Sportsmanship
1. n. The practice of sportsmen; skill in field sports.
Definition of Sportsmanship
1. Noun. the behaviour exhibited in playing sports, either good or bad ¹
2. Noun. the good attitude/behaviour displayed by players of a game; fairness, determination, winning or losing gracefully ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sportsmanship
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sportsmanship
Literary usage of Sportsmanship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday (1913)
"In view of the disappearance of wild life all over the habitable globe, and the
steady extermination of species, the ethics of sportsmanship has become a ..."
2. Principles of Secondary Education: A Text-book by Charles De Garmo (1910)
"... namely, the duty of educating students in the ideals and practices of true
sportsmanship. In the static city-state of the Greeks, public opinion was ..."
3. An American at Oxford by John Corbin (1902)
"ENGLISH AND AMERICAN sportsmanship r I iHE prevalence of out-of-door sports in
Eng- JL land, and the amenity of the English sporting spirit, may be laid, ..."
4. An American at Oxford by John Corbin (1902)
"ENGLISH AND AMERICAN sportsmanship THE prevalence of out-of-door sports in England,
and the amenity of the English sporting spirit, may be laid, I think, ..."
5. Methods of Teaching Typewriting by Rupert Pitt So Relle (1919)
"Friendly Competitions—Desire to Excel—sportsmanship: By developing the drills
mentioned in "Speed Drills—Team Competition" into class events much upon the ..."
6. A Sporting Pilgrimage: Riding to Hounds, Golf, Rowing, Football, Club and by Caspar Whitney (1894)
"... IV UNIVERSITY sportsmanship THERE is a time-honored saw that tells us "
Englishmen take their pleasures sadly "; but my studies at the English ..."
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