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Dilettanteism
Dilˊet-tan′te-ism
,Noun.
The state or quality of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature.
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dilettanteism
dilettanteism
English
Noun
dilettanteism (countable and uncountable, plural dilettanteisms)
- Alternative form of dilettantism
- 1874, The Quarterly Review (volume 137, page 388)
- Dilettanteism presupposes art as botchwork does handicraft; and the Dilettante holds the same relation to the artist that the botcher does to the craftsman.
- 1874, The Quarterly Review (volume 137, page 388)