Hobbyistic
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Of or pertaining to hobbyists; amateurishly enthusiastic.
"Society but wounds itself when it seeks to discredit the teachings of Science, by setting against the comprehensive and well-weighed decisions of her true representatives, the crude opinions and hobbyistic dogmas of men whose perceptions are dimmed by the gloom of the den in which they think and move."
Example
More examples"Society but wounds itself when it seeks to discredit the teachings of Science, by setting against the comprehensive and well-weighed decisions of her true representatives, the crude opinions and hobbyistic dogmas of men whose perceptions are dimmed by the gloom of the den in which they think and move."
Etymology
From hobbyist + -ic.
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