spectatorship en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English spectator Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English spectatorship From spectator + -ship.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The state or quality of being a spectator
Once again, spectacle and spectator become confused, although here spectatorship becomes anything but passive[…].
1988 March 11, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Paranoid Illusions”, in Chicago Reader:His sporting enthusiasms had already embraced yachting, coaching, fencing, and spectatorship at boxing-matches, cock-fights, dog-fights, and rat-baitings.
1937, Dixon Wecter, The Saga of American Society:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spectatorships | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
cmn 旁觀 /旁观 (state or quality of being a spectator) · fi katsojuus (state or quality of being a spectator)