#competition
- Aeromodelling — A practical sporting-technical activity or hobby consisting of designing, building, tuning, and flying model aircraft. As an official sporting discipline governed by the World Air Sports Federation (FAI), aeromodelling includes national and international competitions organized across various aircraft classes (free flight, control-line, radio-controlled, or scale replicas).
- Agon — A fundamental concept from ancient Greece denoting a public contest, match, or athletic, literary, or musical competition; in modern sociology and anthropology (e.g., Roger Caillois), it describes the category of games or cultural activities based on structured competition and rivalry.
- Agonistic — Relating to competition, struggle, or ritualized conflict; in ethology and behavioral psychology, it describes a suite of social interactions (including aggression, threat, submission, or retreat) displayed between members of the same species.
- Alpiniad — A mass sports competition, championship, festival, or organized gathering of mountaineering, bringing together climbers and mountain rescue teams to scale climbing routes, establish rock speed records, or perform mountain rescue drills. This structural type of sports event, highly popular in the second half of the 20th century, aimed to promote alpine sports and test the technical endurance of participants.
- Unsportsmanlike — Contravening the ethical norms of sports, principles of fair play, mutual respect, and competitive discipline; unfair, brutal, or disloyal behavior manifested by an athlete, coach, or supporter. Broadly, the term applies to any action in a competitive field aimed at gaining an advantage through dishonest or hostile means.
- Antitrust — Opposing trusts, monopolies, cartels, or anti-competitive commercial practices; the assembly of laws, regulations, and state policies designed to protect free market competition, prevent mergers that limit trade, and punish the abuse of dominant position by large corporations.
- Car modeller — A person (builder, driver, or enthusiast) who practices car modelling; a specialist or amateur who designs, assembles, tunes, and drives static or radio-controlled model cars. In technical competitions, a model car driver demonstrates craftsmanship both in managing the mechanical and electronic parameters of the miniature (suspension settings, gear ratios) and in rapid driving reflexes on circuits.