Aesthete Definition

esthēt
aesthetes
noun
aesthetes
One who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature.
American Heritage
A person highly sensitive to art and beauty.
Webster's New World
One whose pursuit and admiration of beauty is regarded as excessive or affected.
American Heritage
A person who artificially cultivates artistic sensitivity or makes a cult of art and beauty.
Webster's New World

Someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature.

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Noun

Singular:
aesthete
Plural:
aesthetes

Origin of Aesthete

  • From Ancient Greek αἰσθητής (aisthētēs, “one who perceives”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Back-formation from aesthetic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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