"aestheticism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: aestheticisms [plural]
Etymology: From aesthetic + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|aesthetic|ism}} aesthetic + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} aestheticism (countable and uncountable, plural aestheticisms)
  1. A doctrine which holds aesthetics or beauty as the highest ideal or most basic standard. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Appearance Synonyms: æstheticism, estheticism Related terms: aesthete, aesthetics Translations (doctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal): esteticisme [masculine] (Catalan), 唯美主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 唯美主义 (wéiměizhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), æsteticisme (Danish), esthétisme [masculine] (French), Ästhetizismus [masculine] (German), αισθητισμός (aisthitismós) [masculine] (Greek), estetisisme (Indonesian), эстетизм (éstetizm) (Kazakh), эстетизм (estetizm) (Kyrgyz), estetisisme (Malay), estetyzm [masculine] (Polish), estetismo [masculine] (Portuguese), esteticismo [masculine] (Portuguese), эстети́зм (estetízm) [masculine] (Russian), esticìsimu [masculine] (Sicilian), esteticismo [masculine] (Spanish)

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