dilettantes

noun

variants or dilettanti
Definition of dilettantesnext
plural of dilettante
1
as in amateurs
a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession a dilettante at heart, she was never willing to commit the time and effort that ballet demands

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as in connoisseurs
dated a person having a knowledgeable and fine appreciation of the arts she writes about art not from the point of view of an artist but from that of a committed dilettante

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  1. connoisseurs
  2. scholars
  3. authorities
  4. experts
Noun
  • Each cask produces a finite number of bottles, making its offerings particularly sought after by collectors and whisky connoisseurs.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • These fashion connoisseurs knew how to make an all-black look interesting.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of connoisseurs
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  • This new insight into how workers and technology interact comes from BCG Henderson Institute’s recent scientific field experiment, conducted with scholars from Boston University and OpenAI’s Economic Impacts Research Team.
    Riccarda Joas, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Simone’s attitude toward Judaism became a Rorschach test for scholars and critics to project their own feelings onto my aunt and her family.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of scholars
Noun
  • Canadian authorities found the Patels later that morning, dead from the cold.
    Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Unless prosecutors file charges by Friday afternoon, he will be released from jail, authorities said.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of authorities
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  • Whether these sweeping changes will be enough to turn the tide remains a point of debate among experts.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • In a study published on November 14th in Geochemical Perspective Letters, the experts explained that isotopic dating and analysis provides chemical evidence that the Lafayette Meteorite mostly likely interacted with liquid water while the rock first formed roughly 742 million years ago.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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