aestheticist
- noun
- /æˈsθɛtɪsɪst/
:
esteta
- His friends often called him an aestheticist because of his refined taste in music and art.
Examples
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The development of avant-garde art since the mid-nineteenth century is therefore a highly complex one involving an interweaving of realist, aestheticist, and other tendencies.
Academic text (2016) -
As an aestheticist, she appreciated the intricate details in classical paintings.
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The aestheticist admired the delicate beauty of the sculpture in the gallery.
Synonyms
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A person who knows a lot about good food, art, or other things people enjoy
A person who loves art and beauty
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
aestheticist = aesthetic (transparent) = aesthetic + ist
Standard agentive formation: 'aesthetic' + '-ist' yields 'a person concerned with or advocating aesthetic values', which learners can infer from the base.
Etymology
Aestheticist comes from the Greek root aesthetic, which means 'to feel' or 'to sense'. So an aestheticist is someone who 'feels' and cares deeply about beauty and the arts, which explains their refined taste.