What the dilettante think - that knowledge of any intellectual matter is a cause for intellectual pleasure - is false. From the Cambridge English Corpus

There is a sense that such practitioners are considered somewhat dilettante to this avowedly 'working-class theologian'. From the Cambridge English Corpus

He pursued 'a dilettante interest' in the matter for some time but a definite opportunity arose in 1896. From the Cambridge English Corpus

Here, his interventions were frequent - at daily conferences - and direct, though his dilettante, arbitrary and intransigent interference was often disastrously counter-productive. From the Cambridge English Corpus

Marsh was not a musician by profession but trained as a lawyer and for his entire life considered himself no more than a musical dilettante. From the Cambridge English Corpus

In other words, the intellectual exclusivity and associated creativity which underpinned the world of the public intellectual has been paradoxically replaced by a dilettante and moribund intellectual culture. From the Cambridge English Corpus

Shapin (1974, 100) reported that in 1860 it was argued that the society should not exclude the dilettante or amateur. From the Cambridge English Corpus

Issawi is on one level an economist; on another, he is a historian; and on a third, he is a dilettante in the true sense of the word. From the Cambridge English Corpus

I will come later to the needs of the dilettante. Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From the

We cannot make do with any dilettante handling of problems of that nature. Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From the

They have a dilettante approach to the realites of the countryside and of wildlife. Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From the

Let us face the fact that most students in universities do not intend when they leave them to lead some dilettante existence. Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From the