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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Amateurism \Am"a*teur*ism\, n. The practice, habit, or work of an amateur. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

amateurism n 1: the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money