estheticism


es·thet·i·cism

E0220900 (ĕs-thĕt′ĭ-sĭz′əm)n. Variant of aestheticism.

aes•thet•i•cism

or es•thet•i•cism

(ɛsˈθɛt əˌsɪz əm)

n. 1. the acceptance of aesthetic standards as of supreme importance. 2. an exaggerated devotion to the artistic or beautiful. [1855–60]

aestheticism, estheticism

the doctrine that the principles of beauty are basic and that other principles (the good, the right) are derived from them, applied especially to a late 19th-century movement to bring art into daily life. See also art.See also: Beauty
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esthétisme