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To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.
Hans Hofmann

Meaning of "dilettantism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DILETTANTISM

dilettantism  [ˌdɪlɪˈtæntɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DILETTANTISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dilettantism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DILETTANTISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dilettantism in the English dictionary

The definition of dilettantism in the dictionary is the practice of taking an interest in a subject in a superficial rather than professional capacity.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DILETTANTISM


anti-Semitism
ˌæntɪˈsemɪtɪzəm
autism
ˈɔːtɪzəm
baptism
ˈbæpˌtɪzəm
conservatism
kənˈsɜːvəˌtɪzəm
corybantism
ˌkɒrɪˈbæntɪzəm
electromagnetism
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
hirsutism
ˈhɜːsjuːˌtɪzəm
hundred-percentism
ˈhʌndrədpəˈsɛntɪzəm
irredentism
ˌɪrɪˈdɛntɪzəm
Kantism
ˈkæntɪzəm
magnetism
ˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
obscurantism
ˌɒbskjʊəˈræntɪzəm
patriotism
ˈpætrɪəˌtɪzəm
pedantism
ˈpɛdəntɪzəm
pococurantism
ˌpəʊkəʊkjʊˈræntɪzəm
presentism
ˈprɛzəntɪzəm
quattrocentism
ˌkwætrəʊˈtʃentɪzəm
rheumatism
ˈruːməˌtɪzəm
statism
ˈsteɪtɪzəm
Vedantism
vɪˈdæntɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DILETTANTISM

dildo
dildoe
dilemma
dilemmatic
dilemmic
dilettante
dilettanteish
dilettanteism
dilettanti
dilettantish
Dili
diligence
diligent
diligently
dill
dill pickle
dilli
dillies
dilly
dilly bag

WORDS THAT END LIKE DILETTANTISM

animal magnetism
astigmatism
automatism
erotism
ferromagnetism
flagellantism
giantism
gigantism
immanentism
indifferentism
intransigentism
magmatism
mutism
nepotism
Protestantism
saintism
scientism
syncretism
tarantism
vigilantism

Synonyms and antonyms of dilettantism in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «dilettantism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DILETTANTISM

Find out the translation of dilettantism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dilettantism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dilettantism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

dilettantism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

diletantismo
570 millions of speakers

English

dilettantism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कला-प्रेम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

dilettantism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дилетантизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

diletantismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পল্লবগ্রাহিতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dilettantisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dilettantism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dilettantismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dilettantism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dilettantism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dilettantism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự ham mê
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dilettantism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुरूपयोग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

amatörce uğraşma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dilettantismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dyletantyzm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дилетантизм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

diletantism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ερασιτεχνισμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dilettant isme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dilettantism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dilettantisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dilettantism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DILETTANTISM»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DILETTANTISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dilettantism

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2 QUOTES WITH «DILETTANTISM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dilettantism.
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Hans Hofmann
To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.
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Leon Wieseltier
Dilettantism is the sort of thing one must avoid.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DILETTANTISM»

Discover the use of dilettantism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dilettantism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dilettantism and Its Values: From Weimar Classicism to the ...
In this wide-ranging study Richard Hibbitt provides the first book-length comparative analysis of the concept of dilettantism, tracing its chronological development and proposing a synthesis of its diverse aspects and values.
Richard Hibbit, 2006
2
Goethe as Woman: The Undoing of Literature
Dilettantism, I contend, was a personal problem for Goethe in ways that go beyond just his difficulties with his own nonliterary activity, especially as a graphic artist (see Vaget, esp. pp. 23-84). One of the curious things about the project notes is ...
Benjamin Bennett, 2001
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The Women Writers in Schiller's Horen: Patrons, Petticoats, ...
While it is true that they undertake their dilettantism project to establish rules for art that would separate their classical ... each have written in-depth studies that show that dilettantism is a highly nuanced and unstable term with Goethe and ...
Janet Besserer Holmgren, 2007
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French Philosophy in the Twentieth Century
Such a rejection, he maintains, entails a "dilettantism" that would endlessly explore a random variety of human experiences and activities with no concern for finding a unified or even consistent pattern in the variety. Here Blondel has in mind ...
Gary Gutting, 2001
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Dwight's Journal of Music
He departs more and more from the truth of objects, and loses himself in subjective errors. Dilettantism takes its clement from art and spoils art's public, by depriving it of its earnestness and strictness. All tendency to predilection destroys art, ...
6
Philosophy as a Lived Experience: Navigating Through ...
In his lecture on 'Dilettantism and enthusiasm as the driving force of the educational system: Cohen and Rosenzweig' the Swiss-German philosopher Hartwig Wiedebach (2013) distinguishes between conscious and unconscious dilettantism ...
Marianna Papastephanou, Torill Strand, Anne Pirrie, 2014
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Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature
Dilettantism takes its element from art and spoils art's public, by depriving it of its earnestness and strictness. All tendency to predilection destroys art, and dilettantism, brings in indulgence and favor. At the expense of tbe true artists, it brings ...
John Sullivan Dwight, 1857
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The Living Age ...
The only praise we could give to dilettantism is in the words: "Saitavit et placuit." What is dilettantism I Littre writes: "Dilettantism: a great liking for music, especially for Italian music." Without any doubt, the definition is insufficient. Littre1 ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1901
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The Living Age
bility— to possessing the truth. A conscious loss of truth throws serious winds into pessimism; it covers others with a net of dilettantism. Dilettantism, therefore, smiling and superficial scepticism, full of charm and elegance, without pedantry and ...
10
Exemplarity and Mediocrity: The Art of the Average from ...
No element of the art system is immune to the infiltration of dilettantism. Notable is the fact that in this letter (unlike in the project notes) dilettantism designates not only amateurish artistic attempts but also the critique, consumption, and ...
Paul Fleming, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DILETTANTISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dilettantism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Put Peas In Your Guacamole If You Want To
... Southwest/West Coast transplants accusing you of clueless, effete dilettantism. Hell, even if you are an actual sentient food-writing cactus in a ... «Deadspin, Jul 15»
2
Little Cactus Flowers: Art in the Shadow of #Grexit
... Gordon should stick to what she's great at (making music) rather than the embarrassing alternative (painterly dilettantism that here essentially ... «Blouinartinfo UK, Jul 15»
3
Obama's Evolution on Iran Confounds His Critics As Mullahs Scent …
... in the world than the whimsical, capricious, and feckless dilettantism that has afflicted American foreign policy and accelerated the dilution of ... «New York Sun, Jun 15»
4
Theater J's 'The Tale of the Allergist's Wife'
... form, attending lectures on Butoh, writing a novel influenced by Schopenhauer, and otherwise exercising her genius for cultural dilettantism. «Washington Post, Jun 15»
5
Rupert Friend of 'Homeland' will be anyone you want him to be
This dilettantism. How bad an idea is it for Peter and Carrie to be getting into a relationship on "Homeland"? It's a terrible idea. It's like putting ... «Los Angeles Times, May 15»
6
'Winter Sleep' the latest masterpiece from Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Often these lacerating encounters are disguised as exercises in ethical dilettantism. Debating such topics as “What should be done about the ... «Boston Globe, May 15»
7
'Female' Or 'Woman'? Which Adjective To Use?
"The latter suggests a kind of dilettantism," that is, not a serious doctor, or "not a real X." We're used to hearing "first lady," Lakoff says, but what ... «International Business Times, May 15»
8
How we got stung by the urban beekeeping craze
But with the rise of the urban beehive, there is a downside to such well-intentioned dilettantism. Earlier this week, newbie beekeepers were ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
9
UK system is poor - but they're not ruled by bureaucrats and …
... the system had exactly the opposite effect. That was owing to Fianna Fáil's professionalism, Fine Gael's dilettantism and Labour's weakness. «Irish Independent, May 15»
10
General Education under the Microscope
My speciality is dilettantism. I'm really good at it. So it can be difficult for us to see that although our undergraduates will one day become ... «Harvard Magazine, May 15»

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