Aesthete

/ˈɛs.θiːt/

Synonyms for "aesthete" (21 found)

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Noun(4 words)
connoisseur of beautycultured observerdandydecadents
Adjective(1 words)

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Victorian aestheteart connoisseurcultural criticfashionistagallery patronstyle junkie

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aesthetic movementaesthetic sensibilityartistic aesthetebeauty appreciationcultured aesthetetaste for beauty

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I prefer to think of [literature] as providing a discipline of the sensibility—a special way of apprehending reality. But though I prefer such a conception, it gives rise to all sorts of misunderstandings […] To define literature in this fashion is to risk being called a mere aesthete and even an ecapist who refuses to face the harsh facts of life.

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Because what the aesthete does is to say, “oh, I can transform any unpleasant experience into a moment of beauty.”

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Although Stanley was the political operator while Pick was the aesthete, it was Stanley who made the early running in Underground design.

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Since the days of Søren Kierkegaard, aesthetics – by him termed the aesthetic that is worshipped by the aesthete – has been accused of subjectivism and relativism. An aesthete is allegedly characterized by finding sensuous pleasure in particular phenomena, and by being different from the ethicist or the religious person in being unable to recognize or commit himself to anything universal.

Source: wiktionary

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