The quality or state of being a virtuoso; in a bad sense, the character of one in whom mere artistic feeling or æsthetic cultivation takes the place of religious character; sentimentalism. [1913 Webster]
"This famous passage . . . over which the virtuosity of modern times, rejoicing in evil, has hung so fondly." [1913 Webster]
Virtuosos, collectively. Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
An art or study affected by virtuosos. [1913 Webster]

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THESAURUS

virtuosity

ability, accomplishment, address, adeptness, adroitness, aesthetics, airmanship, artfulness, artisanship, artistic taste, artistry, ascendancy, bravura, brilliance, capability, capacity, cleverness, command, competence, connoisseurship, control, coordination, craft, craftsmanship, cunning, dash, deanship, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, dilettantism, diplomacy, ear for music, eclat, efficiency, elan, epicureanism, epicurism, excellence, expertise, expertism, facility, favor, finesse, flair, friandise, gastronomy, grace, greatness, grip, handiness, horsemanship, incomparability, ingeniousness, ingenuity, inimitability, know-how, lead, majority, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, musical ear, musical sense, musical talent, musicality, musicianship, one-upmanship, panache, perfect pitch, practical ability, precedence, predominance, predomination, preeminence, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency, prerogative, prestige, priority, privilege, proficiency, prowess, pyrotechnics, quickness, readiness, relative pitch, resource, resourcefulness, right-of-way, savoir-faire, savvy, seamanship, seniority, sense of rhythm, show, showmanship, skill, skillfulness, staginess, style, success, superiority, tact, tactfulness, technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill, technique, timing, transcendence, transcendency, virtu, wit, wizardry, workmanship

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