dilettantism
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dilettantism
First recorded in 1800–10; dilettante + -ism
Example Sentences
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Mammon, not a god at all, 85; Gospel of Mammonism, 181, 236; Working Mammonism better than Idle Dilettantism, 183, 188, 257; getting itself strangled, 228; fall of Mammon, 334, 362; Mammon like Fire, 355.
From Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Carlyle, Thomas
But after all, the Gospel of Dilettantism, producing a Governing Class who do not govern, nor understand in the least that they are bound or expected to govern, is still mournfuler than that of Mammonism.
From Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Carlyle, Thomas
Italy put up silently with Practical Lies of all kinds; and, shrugging its shoulders, preferred going into Dilettantism and the Fine Arts.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 by Carlyle, Thomas
Dilettantism is incompatible with a certain elevation of mind, and with a certain degree of "moral perfection," but not with technical proficiency.
From Introduction to the Study of History by Berry, George Godfrey
Dilettantism gave way to learning and speculation; in the place of Bolingbroke came Adam Smith; in the place of Addison, Johnson.
From English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge by Mair, G. H. (George Herbert)
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