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The act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur or dabbler, sometimes in the arts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Near-synonyms: dabbling, ultracrepidarianism, amateurism
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dabbling, ultracrepidarianism, amateurism
Antonyms: none provided
The act of enjoying the arts, being a connoisseur.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree English dilettante Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English dilettantism From dilettante + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
дилетантизъм
(diletantizǎm)
— the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur
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Catalan:
diletantisme
— the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur
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Czech:
diletantství
— the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur
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Czech:
diletantismus
— the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur
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Danish:
dilettantisme
— the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur
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French:
dilettantisme
— the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur
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German:
Dilettantismus
— the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur
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Icelandic:
viðvaningssemi
— the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur
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Icelandic:
áhugamennska
— the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur
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Italian:
dilettantismo
— the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur
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Latvian:
diletantisms
— the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur
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Polish:
amatorstwo
— the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur
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Polish:
amatorszczyzna
— the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur
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Portuguese:
diletantismo
— the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur
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Russian:
дилетантизм
(diletantizm)
— the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur
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Spanish:
diletantismo
— the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur
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Swedish:
dilettantism
— the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur
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Swedish:
dilettanteri
— the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur
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Ukrainian:
дилетантизм
(dyletantyzm)
— the act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur
