Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aestheticism

/ˌæsˈθɛ.tɪˌsɪ.zəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: aes-theti-cism
IPA: /ˌæsˈθɛ.tɪˌsɪ.zəm/

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A doctrine which holds aesthetics or beauty as the highest ideal or most basic standard.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He went over his canvases with disgust and anger, unable to see virtue in any one of them. Even his sacred Oyster Girl went back on him. The creature of a vitiated æstheticism, he could only suppose that conceit had played an abominable trick on his eyesight."
"Born the most sensitive of children into an unhappy family that misreared and misschooled him, Rilke recoiled into introspectiveness and dilletante^([sic]) aestheticism, and long remained there; the world, or outwardness, was what had hurt him, was the enemy."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin aesthēticusder. German Ästhetikder. New Latin aesthēticusbor. French esthétiqueder. English aesthetic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English aestheticism From aesthetic + -ism.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌæsˈθɛ.tɪˌsɪ.zəm/

Usage

Inflected Forms

aestheticisms (plural) æstheticism (alternative) estheticism (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

aesthete aesthetics

Questions

How do you pronounce aestheticism?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌæsˈθɛ.tɪˌsɪ.zəm/.
What does aestheticism mean?: A doctrine which holds aesthetics or beauty as the highest ideal or most basic standard.
Where does aestheticism come from?: Etymology tree Latin aesthēticusder. German Ästhetikder. New Latin aesthēticusbor. French esthétiqueder. English aesthetic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English aestheticism From aesthetic + -ism.

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