dilettante
/ˈdɪlətɑnt/
noun
- A person who takes up an art, activity, or subject for amusement, in a superficial or casual way, without serious commitment or deep knowledge.
- He was a dilettante who dabbled in painting, poetry, and piano but never mastered any of them.
- She called herself a photographer, but her friends saw her as a dilettante who only took pictures at parties.
- The club was full of dilettantes who talked about art but rarely visited a museum.
Antonyms
adjective
- Relating to or characteristic of a dilettante; superficial or amateurish.
- The review criticized the film for its dilettante treatment of serious historical events.
- His dilettante approach to learning French meant he could order coffee but not hold a conversation.
- She had a dilettante interest in astronomy, reading one book and then moving on to something else.