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sportspersonship

Definitions

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  • noun sportsmanship

Etymologies

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sportsperson +‎ -ship

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Examples

  • Plus, it flew in the face of the uber-sportspersonship we typically see among professional and Olympic female athletes; their message on and off the field usually is "it's just a game!"

    Dr. Jim Taylor: Bravo Elizabeth Lambert ... Sort Of 2009

  • I doubt it because she didn't just defy our notions of sportspersonship, she violated our most basic beliefs about how women should behavior (however antiquated they may be).

    Dr. Jim Taylor: Is Elizabeth Lambert a Victim? 2009

  • And when I get a score, as my grandparents and parents taught me, “The most important part of the game is good sportspersonship.”

    Illiteracy employment, a WHOLE bunch of seizures, air hockey and anime boy memories Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • And when I get a score, as my grandparents and parents taught me, “The most important part of the game is good sportspersonship.”

    Archive 2008-09-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • I saw some extremely bad sportsmanship sportspersonship? bah, whatever and was witness to some unfortunate and unnecessary tirades against other players.

    Back from GenCon ghostwes 2005

  • It also gives the many golfers in our country an opportunity directly to watch the contemporary golfing greats do what they do so well - that is, play excellent golf and demonstrate the true meaning of sportspersonship.

    ANC Today 2003

  • It also gives the many golfers in our country an opportunity directly to watch the contemporary golfing greats do what they do so well - that is, play excellent golf and demonstrate the true meaning of sportspersonship.

    ANC Today 2003

  • You are all, each and everyone of you, the spear-throwers of our present times, those who follow the paths first set in ancient times and who now contribute their strengths and skills and sportspersonship to creating this new road of united national action for change.

    Address at The Presidential Sports Awards Ceremony 2001

  • You are all, each and everyone of you, the spear-throwers of our present times, those who follow the paths first set in ancient times and who now contribute their strengths and skills and sportspersonship to creating this new road of united national action for change.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

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