aestheticism
/ˌæsˈθɛ.tɪˌsɪ.zəm/
aestheticism noun: a doctrine which holds aesthetics or beauty as the highest ideal or most basic standard.
Noun
aestheticism (countable and uncountable, plural aestheticisms)
- A doctrine which holds aesthetics or beauty as the highest ideal or most basic standard.
- He went over his canvases with disgust and anger, unable to see virtue in any one of them. Even his sacred Oyster Girl went back on him. The creature of a vitiated æstheticism, he could only suppose that conceit had played an abominable trick on his eyesight.1938, Norman Lindsay, chapter XIII, in Age of Consent, London: T[homas] Werner Laurie […], →OCLC, page 133
- Born the most sensitive of children into an unhappy family that misreared and misschooled him, Rilke recoiled into introspectiveness and dilletante^([sic]) aestheticism, and long remained there; the world, or outwardness, was what had hurt him, was the enemy.1972, Triumph - Volume 7, page 33
aestheticism meaning in Kannada, Malay and Indonesian
aestheticism in Kannada
- ಸೌಂದರ್ಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ
aestheticism in Malay
- doctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal
- estetisisme
aestheticism in Indonesian
- doctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal
- estetisisme
Forms of aestheticism
| plural | aestheticisms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | æstheticism |
| alternative form | estheticism |
Origin of aestheticism
From aesthetic + -ism.
Questions about aestheticism
- What does aestheticism mean?
- Aestheticism means a doctrine which holds aesthetics or beauty as the highest ideal or most basic standard.
- What is aestheticism in Kannada?
- Aestheticism in Kannada is ಸೌಂದರ್ಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ. See Aestheticism meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is aestheticism?
- Aestheticism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aestheticism?
- Aestheticism is pronounced /ˌæsˈθɛ.tɪˌsɪ.zəm/ (US).
- What is the plural of aestheticism?
- The plural of aestheticism is aestheticisms.
Words near aestheticism in the dictionary
Source and license
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