Meanings
plural aestheticisms · alternative æstheticism · alternative estheticism
- countableuncountableA doctrine which holds aesthetics or beauty as the highest ideal or most basic standard.
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 331 more example
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
Origin
- Latinaesthēticus
- GermanÄsthetik
- New Latinaesthēticu
- Frenchesthétique
- Englishaesthetic
- Englishaestheticism
Translations
Catalan esteticisme
- esteticismedoctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal
Chinese Mandarin 唯美主義 /唯美主义
- 唯美主義 /唯美主义 (wéiměizhǔyì)doctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal
Danish æsteticisme
- æsteticismedoctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal
Dutch estheticisme
- estheticismedoctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal
French esthétisme
- esthétismedoctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal
German Ästhetizismus
- Ästhetizismusdoctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal
Greek αισθητισμός
- αισθητισμός (aisthitismós)doctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal
Indonesian estetisisme
- estetisismedoctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal
Malay estetisisme
- estetisismedoctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal
Polish estetyzm
- estetyzmdoctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal
Portuguese estetismo, esteticismo
- estetismodoctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal
- esteticismodoctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal
Russian эстети́зм
- эстети́зм (estetízm)doctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal
Spanish esteticismo
- esteticismodoctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal
Cite this entry
aestheticism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aestheticism
“aestheticism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aestheticism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aestheticism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aestheticism.
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