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Noun
/ˈesˌTHēt/,
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esthetes, plural; aesthetes, plural;
  1. A person who has or affects to have a special appreciation of art and beauty


  1. esthete: one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature
  2. The Aesthetic Movement is a 19th century European movement that emphasized aesthetic values over moral or social themes in literature, fine art, the decorative arts, and interior design. ...
  3. Aesthetes are visual organs in chitons. They are tiny 'eyes', too small to be seen unaided, embedded in the organism's shell. They may act in unison to function as a large, dispersed, compound eye.
  4. Alternative spelling of aesthete
  5. Someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature
  6. one of excessive or affected pursuit and admiration of beauty. aestheticize – to depict in an idealized or artistic manner
  7. One who pursues and is devoted to the beautiful in art, music, and literature.
  8. One how obsessively pursues beauty and its admiration of beauty.
  9. A person who espouses the idea that beauty is the highest goal in all aspects of life. With regard to art the aesthete believes in "art for art's sake," which means that art should have no moral or ethical aims beyond depicting what is beautiful. ...