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dilettantism

[ dil-i-tahn-tiz-uhm, -tan- ]

noun

  1. the practices or characteristics of a dilettante.


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Origin of dilettantism1

First recorded in 1800–10; dilettante + -ism
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Last month, Rossi accused the team of "dilettantism" and said the team had a "performance deficit and an execution deficit".

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He used the word "dilettantism" to describe the first race of the season, where Ocon received three separate penalties in one grand prix as a result of a series of errors by team and driver.

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This is Matt Yglesias coddling the powerful, his critics would say, and exposing a gullible dilettantism.

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The flaw in this reasoning—aside from its historical dilettantism and cruel disregard for the lives it will destroy—is that it flatly contradicts precedent.

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At the lowest end of the professional ranks, there is unquestionably a degree of dilettantism.

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