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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

  1. noun Someone who takes part in an activity, sport, or art for enjoyment rather than as a paid profession.
  2. noun Someone who lacks skill or experience at something; a novice.
  3. adj Not done professionally; carried out by non-professionals.

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