I recall seeing a movie where students and other non-professional musicians were attempting to play in a community orchestra. Somehow, the orchestra had a few professional musicians in it and they kinda looked down on the amateurs and let them know what they thought of them in a snide and sarcastic way...... by the way they called them "amateurs".
This of course discouraged the "amateurs". It was only after the conductor explained to several of the "amateurs" the root and meaning of the word that they were encouraged and of course.. the movie had a happy ending.....