Hobbyistic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

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"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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