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sportsification

sportsification noun: the treating of a subject like sports; overemphasizing competition in an unnecessary way.

Noun

sportsification (uncountable)

  1. The treating of a subject like sports; overemphasizing competition in an unnecessary way.
    • The “sportsification” of federal politics has made it so we treat elections like athletic rivalries, vilifying the other team at the expense of doing what's right for the country.2012, Clay A. Johnson, The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption, →ISBN, page 126

Origin of sportsification

From sports + -ification.

Questions about sportsification

What does sportsification mean?
Sportsification means the treating of a subject like sports; overemphasizing competition in an unnecessary way.
What part of speech is sportsification?
Sportsification is a noun.

Words near sportsification in the dictionary

  1. sportsgirls
  2. sportsground
  3. sportsgrounds
  4. sportshall
  5. sportshalls
  6. sportsification
  7. sportsing
  8. sportsjacket
  9. sportsjacketed
  10. sportsjackets
  11. sportslike

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