alpinism
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈælpɪnɪzəm/
Noun

alpinism (uncountable)

  1. (sometimes, capitalized) Mountain climbing.
    Synonyms: mountaineering, mountain climbing
    • 1912, "New Maps," Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, vol. 44, no. 7, p. 558,
      . . . our rapidly increasing knowledge of the Rocky Mountains of Canada for which geography is so greatly indebted to alpinism.
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