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dilettanteism

dilettanteism is the alternative form of dilettantism.

Meaning of dilettantism

Noun

dilettantism (countable and uncountable, plural dilettantisms)

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

Forms of dilettanteism

pluraldilettanteisms

Origin of dilettanteism

From dilettante + -ism.

Questions about dilettanteism

What is dilettanteism the alternative form of?
Dilettanteism is the alternative form of dilettantism.

Words near dilettanteism in the dictionary

  1. dileptons
  2. dilettant
  3. dilettante
  4. dilettanteish
  5. dilettanteishly
  6. dilettanteism
  7. dilettanteisms
  8. dilettantely
  9. dilettantes
  10. dilettanteship
  11. dilettanti

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