dilettante
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˌdɪl.əˈtɑːn/
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diletante
- This list does not represent educators or educational interests other than the trending dilettante fantasies of the uber wealthy, partisan conservatives, and those seeking to undermine public education and public anything.
Examples
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By the time he drunkenly scrawled "Breakfast of Champions," I had decided he was just the dilettante nihilist his words made me feel.
Blog text (11) -
As there are two sisters, one studious and the other (relatively) flighty, looked after by a vague, dilettante bachelor uncle, we appear to have some potential cultural and literary stereotypes to get stuck into, but there is not much more to say at this stage.
Academic text (2005) -
I mean, it was dilettante, sure.
Fiction book (1994) -
Is it dilettante, polymath or ectomorph?
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The Ambassador isn't some dilettante political appointee.
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Because they must be fair to all, standardized achievement tests measure what Horn and Blankson (2005) call dilettante knowledge of the culture.
Academic text (2006) -
If you want to present her as a shallow, if pretty, dilettante, then you're treading in the footsteps of G.W. Bernard and the late Sir Geoffrey Elton.
Blog text (32) -
As she writes this bio, she is eating Dilettante chocolate-covered bing cherries and drinking Cline Pinot Gris.
Blog text (4) -
The dates support the fat contributor's dilettante comprehension of multiple calendrical systems that might hold authority in this cosmopolitan space, although, notably, he claims ignorance of the significant event for Europe in this place (Napoleon's battle).
Academic text (2016) -
Her interest in classical music was dilettante; she rarely attended concerts and didn't know much about the composers.
Synonyms
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6.5
Not done well or with skill, like work by a beginner
Shows a shallow, not serious interest in art like painting or music
Showing little skill in an art like painting
A person who knows only a little about a subject but acts like they know a lot
Antonyms
Compounds
How Knowledgeable
3
3.5
92
4.1
114
3.6
1
9.9
13
6.5
94
5.6
194
2.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dilettante as an adjective also comes from Italian dilettare 'to delight' and is related to the English delight, so it suggests a light, amateurish interest. That's why calling something 'dilettante' means it is done more for pleasure than with deep knowledge or real seriousness.