dilettantism

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dilettantism

noun dilettantisms

  1. countable, uncountable The act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur or dabbler, sometimes in the arts. Near-synonyms: dabbling, ultracrepidarianism, amateurism
  2. countable, uncountable The act of enjoying the arts, being a connoisseur.

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noun the act of behaving like a dilettante

Españoldiletantismo
Portuguêsdiletantismo
Françaisdilettantisme
DeutschDilettantismus
Italianodilettantismo
Русскийдилетантизм diletantizm

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@misc{dilettantism_2026,
  title = {dilettantism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dilettantism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}