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pseudosport en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From pseudo- + sport.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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:

Forms

Synonyms

trashsport · junk sport