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dilettantism

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dil·et·tante  (dl-tänt, dl-tänt, -tänt, -tnt, -tnt)
n. pl. dil·et·tantes also dil·et·tan·ti (-tänt, -tn-)
1. A dabbler in an art or a field of knowledge. See Synonyms at amateur.
2. A lover of the fine arts; a connoisseur.
adj.
Superficial; amateurish.
[Italian, lover of the arts, from present participle of dilettare, to delight, from Latin dlectre; see delight.]
dilet·tantish adj.
dilet·tantism n.
dilettantism
an admiration of or interest in the arts, often used pejoratively to designate a shallow, undisciplined, or frivolous attraction. — dilettante, n., adj. — dilettantish, adj.
See also: Behavior
Translations
dilettantism [ˌdɪləˈtæntɪzəm] N → diletantismo m
dilettantism
n → Dilettantismus m, → Kunstliebhaberei f


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All very well perhaps from his point of view, but only a little better than the common dilettantism.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
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