Usually means: Fair and respectful athletic conduct.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word sportsmanship:

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  1. sportsmanship: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sportsmanship: Merriam-Webster
  3. sportsmanship: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sportsmanship: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sportsmanship: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sportsmanship: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sportsmanship, sportsmanship: Wordnik
  8. sportsmanship: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sportsmanship: Wiktionary
  10. sportsmanship: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sportsmanship: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sportsmanship: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. sportsmanship: Dictionary.com
  14. sportsmanship: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Sportsmanship: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Sportsmanship: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. sportsmanship: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. sportsmanship: Rhymezone
  19. Sportsmanship: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. sportsmanship: FreeDictionary.org
  21. sportsmanship: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. sportsmanship: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sportsmanship: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  The good attitude/behaviour displayed by players of a game; fairness, determination, magnanimity, courtesy towards opponents, and winning or losing gracefully.
▸ noun:  The behaviour exhibited in playing sports, either good or bad.

Similar:
Fairplay, etiquette, gentlemanism, good-naturedness, gentlemanliness, politesse, sportivity, gentlemanship, civility, sportfulness, more...

Opposite:
unsportsmanlike, unfair, dishonorable

Phrases:
NBA Sportsmanship Award, Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award, more...

Adjectives:
good, poor, true, bad, clean, american, fine, british, real, outstanding, gentlemanly



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Similar:
Fairplay, etiquette, gentlemanism, good-naturedness, gentlemanliness, politesse, sportivity, gentlemanship, civility, sportfulness, more...

Opposite:
unsportsmanlike, unfair, dishonorable

Phrases:
NBA Sportsmanship Award, Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award, more...

Adjectives:
good, poor, true, bad, clean, american, fine, british, real, outstanding, gentlemanly



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