estheticism

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A form of aestheticism — A doctrine which holds aesthetics or beauty as the highest ideal or most basic standard.

OriginEnglish esthetic ← French esthétique ← New Latin aesthēticu →
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Meanings

nounestheticism (plural estheticisms)

plural estheticisms · alternative aestheticism · alternative æstheticism

  1. USalternativeAlternative spelling of aestheticism.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewis-dʰh₁
  4. Proto-Hellenic*awistʰomai
  5. Ancient Greekαἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai)
  6. Ancient Greekαἴσθησῐς (aísthēsĭs)
  7. Ancient Greekαἰσθητικός (aisthētikós)
  8. Latinaesthēticus
  9. GermanÄsthetik
  10. New Latinaesthēticu
  11. Frenchesthétique
  12. Englishaesthetic
  13. Englishesthetic
  14. Englishestheticism

From esthetic + -ism.

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APA

estheticism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estheticism

MLA

“estheticism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estheticism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “estheticism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estheticism.

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