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pseudosport

pseudosport noun: any competitive event designed for spectators to watch, more lowbrow and involving less skill than a traditional sport.

Noun

pseudosport (countable and uncountable, plural pseudosports)

  1. Any competitive event designed for spectators to watch, more lowbrow and involving less skill than a traditional sport.
    • Some twenty years later pro wrestling abrogated Greco-Roman rules and became a clownish pseudosport when the Great Depression forced promoters to shorten the duration of matches and resort to novelties and gimmicks to attract patrons […]2006, Robert Niemi, History in the Media: Film and Television, page 231

Synonyms of pseudosport

Forms of pseudosport

pluralpseudosports

Origin of pseudosport

From pseudo- + sport.

Questions about pseudosport

What does pseudosport mean?
Pseudosport means any competitive event designed for spectators to watch, more lowbrow and involving less skill than a traditional sport.
What part of speech is pseudosport?
Pseudosport is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudosport?
The plural of pseudosport is pseudosports.

Words near pseudosport in the dictionary

  1. pseudospirituality
  2. pseudosplice
  3. pseudospoofing
  4. pseudospore
  5. pseudospores
  6. pseudosport
  7. pseudosports
  8. pseudostar
  9. pseudostarchy
  10. pseudostars
  11. pseudostate

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