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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amateurism

Amateurism \Am"a*teur*ism\, n. The practice, habit, or work of an amateur.

Wiktionary
amateurism

n. 1 amateur beliefs and practices generally. 2 The opinion or conviction that sports ought not to be played for money.

WordNet
amateurism

n. the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money

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Ursula, angry at being treated quite so insultingly DE HAUT EN BAS, from the height of esoteric art to the depth of general exoteric amateurism, replied, hotly, flushing and lifting her face.