English edit

Etymology edit

From sports +‎ -ification.

Noun edit

sportsification (uncountable)

  1. The treating of a subject like sports; overemphasizing competition in an unnecessary way.
    • 2012, Clay A. Johnson, The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption[1], →ISBN, page 126:
      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.

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