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dilettanteism

noun

Etymology

From dilettante + -ism.

  1. derived from dēlectāre
  2. borrowed from dilettante
  3. suffixed as dilettanteism — “dilettante + ism”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of dilettantism.

    • Dilettanteism presupposes art as botchwork does handicraft; and the Dilettante holds the same relation to the artist that the botcher does to the craftsman.

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