Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dilettanteism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dilet-tan-teism
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of dilettantism.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Dilettanteism presupposes art as botchwork does handicraft; and the Dilettante holds the same relation to the artist that the botcher does to the craftsman."

Etymology

From dilettante + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: dilettante

Usage

Inflected Forms

dilettanteisms (plural)

Questions

What does dilettanteism mean?: Alternative form of dilettantism.
Where does dilettanteism come from?: From dilettante + -ism.

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