English

Noun

dilettanteism ‎(countable and uncountable, plural dilettanteisms)

1. 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.