dilettantistadj.
Characterized by dilettantism.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [adjective] > characteristic of a dilettante
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dilettante1753
dabbling1816
dilettant1851
dilettantist1859
dilettantish1872
dilettanting1890
society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > art loving
virtuosoa1667
dilettante1753
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1859 Sat. Rev. 8 226/1 Nothing more than the playthings of dilettantist philanthropy.
1887 Sat. Rev. 10 Sept. 345 Difficult branches of science were dealt with in this same dilettantist spirit.
1889 J. M. Robertson Ess. Crit. Method 3 It is become, as it were, parasitic and dilettantist, a pedant habit of tasting and relishing and objecting.
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