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dilettante

noun

a person who engages in an activity for pleasure rather than for serious study or professional purpose

The museum curator was surprised to find that the exhibit's designer, a self-proclaimed dilettante, had no formal training in architecture.

Also amateur · connoisseur (in a casual sense) · novice · enthusiast (in a non-professional context)

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