aesthete
UK/ˈiːs.θiːt//ˈɛs.θiːt/
aesthete noun: someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature, often in a manner perceived to prioritize beauty over other qualities such as virtue and utility.
Noun
aesthete (plural aesthetes)
- Someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature, often in a manner perceived to prioritize beauty over other qualities such as virtue and utility.
- I prefer to think of [literature] as providing a discipline of the sensibility—a special way of apprehending reality. But though I prefer such a conception, it gives rise to all sorts of misunderstandings […] To define literature in this fashion is to risk being called a mere aesthete and even an...a. 1994, Cleanth Brooks, “English Literature: A Subject Matter? A Discipline? A Special Amalgam?”, in Community, Religion, Literature, published 1995, →ISBN, page 184
- Because what the aesthete does is to say, “oh, I can transform any unpleasant experience into a moment of beauty.”2000, Tom Huhn, “The Anatomy of Beauty”, in Michael Tobias, J. Patrick Fitzgerald, David Rothenberg, editors, A Parliament of Minds: Philosophy for a New Millennium, page 237
aesthete meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Urdu
aesthete in Hindi
- aesthete
- रसिक rasik
aesthete in Tamil
- அழகுணர்ச்சியுடையவர், கலைநயமுடையவர், போலிக் கலைப்பெருமை கொள்பவர்
aesthete in Urdu
- حُسَن پَرَست
Examples of aesthete in a sentence
- Although Stanley was the political operator while Pick was the aesthete, it was Stanley who made the early running in Underground design.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 159:
- Since the days of Søren Kierkegaard, aesthetics – by him termed the aesthetic that is worshipped by the aesthete – has been accused of subjectivism and relativism.2015, Dorthe Jørgensen, “Sensoriness and Transcendence: On the Aesthetic Possibility of Experiencing Divinity”, in Svein Aage...
Forms of aesthete
| plural | aesthetes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | esthete |
| alternative form (archaic) | æsthete |
Origin of aesthete
From Ancient Greek αἰσθητής (aisthētḗs, “one who perceives”).
Words formed from aesthete
Questions about aesthete
- What does aesthete mean?
- Aesthete means someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature, often in a manner perceived to prioritize beauty over other qualities such as virtue and utility.
- What is aesthete in Hindi?
- Aesthete in Hindi is रसिक (rasik). See Aesthete meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use aesthete in a sentence?
- Although Stanley was the political operator while Pick was the aesthete, it was Stanley who made the early running in Underground design.
- What part of speech is aesthete?
- Aesthete is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aesthete?
- Aesthete is pronounced /ˈiːs.θiːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of aesthete?
- The plural of aesthete is aesthetes.
Words near aesthete in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: aesthete (page history and authors); रसिक (Hindi) (page history and authors); aesthete (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aesthete (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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