dilettantism's Usage Examples:

Brazilian literature has been seriously prejudiced by partisan politics and dilettantism.

All very well perhaps from his point of view, but only a little better than the common dilettantism.

Moroseness and dogmatism are as far from the Pantagruelism of Rabelais as maudlin sentimentality or dilettantism.

The later poetry of the Augus tan age had ended in trifling dilettantism, for the continuance of which the atmosphere of the court was no longer favourable.

With the outbreak of the Seven Years' War, Wilhelmina's interests shifted from dilettantism to diplomacy.

The higher results of artistic training, however, are less marked than a widespread dilettantism.

Philopator was devoted to orgiastic forms of religion and literary dilettantism.

The love of science and literature, which animated the son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, frequently took the shape of literary dilettantism.