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aes·thet·i·cism noun also es·thet·i·cism \esˈthed.əˌsizəm, is-, əs-, -etə-, Brit usually ēs-\ (-s) 1. a. : the doctrine that the principles of beauty are basic and that other principles (as of the good or the right) are derived from them b. : the advocacy of artistic and aesthetic autonomy, especially of freedom of art from any interference on political, religious, social, or moral grounds 2. : an extensive, singular, or excessive devotion to or emphasis on aesthetic experiences or the search for beauty especially as evidenced by a cultivation of the arts to the neglect of other human interests |