Olympism

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Ideas that use sport to teach fair play and respect and help people grow together

noun
/oʊˈlɪmpɪzəm/

Formal

: olimpismo

As he put it: 'I wanted Rome because mere alone, after its excursion to utilitarian America, would Olympism be able to don the sumptuous toga, woven with skill and much thought, in which I had wanted to clothe it from the beginning.'

Examples

Many schools incorporate the ideals of Olympism to encourage teamwork and sportsmanship.
He characterized Olympism as "a religion."

Academic text (1995)
The philosophy of Olympism emphasizes the harmonious development of individuals through sports.
Olympism promotes values like fair play and respect among athletes from around the world.

Surface Forms

Olympism singular

Olympisms plural

Morphology

Olympism = Olympic (transparent) = Olympic + ism

Formation 'Olympic' + '-ism' straightforwardly denotes the ideology or movement associated with the Olympic Games.

Etymology

Olympism comes from Olympic, named for Olympus, the mountain of the Greek gods, and the part -ism, meaning 'belief' or 'system'. So Olympism is the 'belief' or set of ideas behind the Olympic Games — the high values of fair play, respect, and unity.