дилетант — meaning in English
diletant
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English meaning
- amateur noun Someone who takes part in an activity, sport, or art for enjoyment rather than as a paid profession.
- dilettante noun Someone who dabbles in a subject or art out of casual interest rather than serious commitment.
- layman noun A person without specialised knowledge or training in a particular subject.
- layperson noun A person who is not a cleric.
Senses
дилетант is used for these senses in English:
- amateur Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
- dilettante (sometimes, derogatory) A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge.
- general public Members of the public not in the attentive public of any given issue; laypeople.
- layman (by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field.
- layperson One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity.
- nonspecialist A person who is not a specialist in a given field
amateur — full definition
- noun Someone who takes part in an activity, sport, or art for enjoyment rather than as a paid profession.
- noun Someone who lacks skill or experience at something; a novice.
- adj Not done professionally; carried out by non-professionals.