pseudosport

English

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ sport

Noun

pseudosport (countable and uncountable, plural pseudosports)

1. Any competitive event designed for spectators to watch, more lowbrow and involving less skill than a traditional sport.

   Synonyms: junk sport, trashsport

   • 2006, Robert Niemi, History in the Media: Film and Television, page 231:

     Some twenty years later pro wrestling abrogated Greco-Roman rules and became a clownish pseudosport when the Great Depression forced promoters to shorten the duration of matches and resort to novelties and gimmicks to attract patrons […]