"dilettantism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dilettantisms [plural]
Etymology: From dilettante + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dilettante|ism}} dilettante + -ism Head templates: {{en-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. Also the act of enjoying the arts, being a connoisseur. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: dilettante Translations (the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur): дилетантизъм (diletantizǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), diletantisme [masculine] (Catalan), diletantství [neuter] (Czech), diletantismus [masculine] (Czech), dilettantisme [masculine] (French), Dilettantismus (German), diletantisms (Latvian), amatorstwo [neuter] (Polish), amatorszczyzna [feminine] (Polish), дилетантизм (diletantizm) [masculine] (Russian), diletantismo [masculine] (Spanish), dilettantism [common-gender] (Swedish), dilettanteri [neuter] (Swedish), дилетантизм (dyletantyzm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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