Meanings
nounsportsification (uncountable)
- uncountableThe treating of a subject like sports; overemphasizing competition in an unnecessary way.
The “sportsification” of federal politics has made it so we treat elections like athletic rivalries, vilifying the other team at the expense of doing what's right for the country.
2012, Clay A. Johnson, The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption, →ISBN, page 126
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sportsification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportsification
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“sportsification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportsification. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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