dilettanteism
English edit
Etymology edit
dilettante + -ism
Noun edit
dilettanteism (countable and uncountable, plural dilettanteisms)
- Alternative form of dilettantism
- 1874, The Quarterly Review, volume 137, page 388:
- Dilettanteism presupposes art as botchwork does handicraft; and the Dilettante holds the same relation to the artist that the botcher does to the craftsman.