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dilettantism
[ dil-i-tahn-tiz-uhm, -tan- ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dilettantism1
First recorded in 1800–10; dilettante + -ism
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Example Sentences
But too often, indeed, is the inane world of aristocratic Dilettantism felt hovering dimly near, as we read these pages.
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Except for his fatal Memoirs, we should not have realised his dilettantism.
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Conversation fosters criticism and dilettantism alike, and these are Wilde's most noticeable characteristics.
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To give every ounce in you to do what you set out to do—no lackadaisical dilettantism—your whole heart in it—and go to it!
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Charlatans among the leaders of the new thought, and society dilettantism, both came under his merciless lash.
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