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English
Noun
teamsport (countable and uncountable, plural teamsports)
- Alternative form of team sport
2003, James C. Johnstone, Quickies 3: Short Short Fiction on Gay Male Desire, page 87:My steady regular Janko the teamsport jock is the prime example.
2010, Eric Anderson, Adam White, Sport, Society and Social Problems: A Critical Introduction, page 71:However, there certainly is a tremendous amount of injury that is promoted, albeit not intentionally, in sport. This is not just in teamsport either.
2014, E. Anderson, 21st Century Jocks:The ubiquity of teamsport participation also means that there is a great deal of peer pressure, even if not direct, for other youths to play these “games.”
2016, Rory Magrath, Inclusive Masculinities in Contemporary Football:Previous research on competitive male teamsports has typically found high levels of homophobia, creating a hostile environment for gay athletes (Bryant, 2001; Hekma, 1998; Pronger, 1990; Wolf-Wendel et al., 2001), which has predominantly manifested through the utility of homophobic language (Burn, 2000) and violence (Connell, 1995).
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of team + sport.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈti(ː)m.spɔrt/
- Hyphenation: team‧sport
Noun
teamsport f (plural teamsporten)
- a team sport
Voetbal is een populaire teamsport over de hele wereld.- Football is a popular team sport all around the world.
Hockey, basketbal en volleybal zijn allemaal voorbeelden van teamsporten waarbij samenwerking belangrijk is.- Hockey, basketball, and volleyball are all examples of team sports where cooperation is important.