dilettantism

[ dil-i-tahn-tiz-uhm, -tan- ]

noun

1. the practices or characteristics of a dilettante.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dilettantism¹

First recorded in 1800–10; dilettante + -ism

Example Sentences

But too often, indeed, is the inane world of aristocratic Dilettantism felt hovering dimly near, as we read these pages.

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Except for his fatal Memoirs, we should not have realised his dilettantism.

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Conversation fosters criticism and dilettantism alike, and these are Wilde's most noticeable characteristics.

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To give every ounce in you to do what you set out to do—no lackadaisical dilettantism—your whole heart in it—and go to it!

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Charlatans among the leaders of the new thought, and society dilettantism, both came under his merciless lash.

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