Usually means: Amateurish engagement in art, science.
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  1. dilettantism: Merriam-Webster
  2. dilettantism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dilettantism: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Dilettantism, dilettantism: Wordnik
  5. dilettantism: Wiktionary
  6. dilettantism: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Dilettantism, dilettantism: Dictionary.com
  8. Dilettantism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Dilettantism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. dilettantism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Dilettantism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. dilettantism: FreeDictionary.org
  13. dilettantism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. dilettantism: Encyclopedia

(Note: See dilettante as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (dilettantism)

noun:  The act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur or "dabbler", sometimes in the arts. Also the act of enjoying the arts, being a connoisseur.

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