dilettanteism

English

Etymology

From dilettante +‎ -ism.

Noun

dilettanteism (countable and uncountable, plural dilettanteisms)

1. 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.