sportsmanship
noun
sports·man·ship
ˈspȯrts-mən-ˌship 
: conduct (such as fairness, respect for one's opponent, and graciousness in winning or losing) becoming to one participating in a sport
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He's a great player who's also admired for his sportsmanship.
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However, my role is to uphold the integrity of high school athletics by ensuring that all participants adhere to the same rules and are held to the same standards of sportsmanship and safety.
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Scott Thompson, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
In this challenge, Lete chose to coach her team from a place of integrity and sportsmanship and as a result, wound up winning — despite her team finishing with one case less than CK’s team.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Those remarks, the NBPA will assert, are consistent with Butler exhibiting loyalty and sportsmanship.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Jan. 2025
The same players refusing to step on the badge in the name of sportsmanship will, two hours later, be throwing themselves to the floor clutching their face in an attempt to get an opponent sent off and aiming a tirade of profanities at the referee.
—Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
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Scott Thompson, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
In this challenge, Lete chose to coach her team from a place of integrity and sportsmanship and as a result, wound up winning — despite her team finishing with one case less than CK’s team.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Those remarks, the NBPA will assert, are consistent with Butler exhibiting loyalty and sportsmanship.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Jan. 2025
The same players refusing to step on the badge in the name of sportsmanship will, two hours later, be throwing themselves to the floor clutching their face in an attempt to get an opponent sent off and aiming a tirade of profanities at the referee.
—Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sportsmanship
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“Sportsmanship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sportsmanship. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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sportsmanship
noun
sports·man·ship
ˈspō(ə)rt-smən-ˌship
ˈspȯ(ə)rt-
: fair play, respect for opponents, and gracious behavior in winning or losing
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