Dilettantism

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  • n. The act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur or "dabbler", sometimes in the arts. Also the act of enjoying the arts, being a connoisseur.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Same as dilettanteism.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The quality characteristic of a dilettante; specifically, in a disparaging sense, desultory or affected pursit of art, science, or literature.
    • Word Usage
    "The canceling out of interest in morality has led to a kind of dilettantism of attitude that he shares with Robert Bly, in their preoccupation with the results of fantasy, dreaming, laziness, etc."
    Variant
    dilettanteism   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    triviality    phoniness    rakishness    amateurishness    xlvii   
     
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