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hobbyistic

hobbyistic adjective: of or pertaining to hobbyists; amateurishly enthusiastic.

Adjective

hobbyistic (comparative more hobbyistic, superlative most hobbyistic)

  1. Of or pertaining to hobbyists; amateurishly enthusiastic.
    • Society but wounds itself when it seeks to discredit the teachings of Science, by setting against the comprehensive and well-weighed decisions of her true representatives, the crude opinions and hobbyistic dogmas of men whose perceptions are dimmed by the gloom of the den in which they think and...1855 June 23, The Lancet, page 634
    • If history is no longer a realm of concatenation, if there are no necessary connections among discrete events and no possibility of a hierarchy of materials ranged along some scale of significance, any associative chain of fantasies, any crotchety hobbyistic interest, any technical fascination with...1984, Robert Alter, chapter 2, in Motives for Fiction,, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, page 33

Forms of hobbyistic

comparativemore hobbyistic
superlativemost hobbyistic

Origin of hobbyistic

From hobbyist + -ic.

Questions about hobbyistic

What does hobbyistic mean?
Hobbyistic means of or pertaining to hobbyists; amateurishly enthusiastic.
What part of speech is hobbyistic?
Hobbyistic is an adjective.

Words near hobbyistic in the dictionary

  1. hobbyhorsical
  2. hobbyhorsically
  3. hobbyism
  4. hobbyisms
  5. hobbyist
  6. hobbyistic
  7. hobbyists
  8. hobbyless
  9. hobbylike
  10. Hobbys
  11. Hobbys Yards

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