adj
Meanings
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relating jointly to aesthetic values and moral judgments or principles
The critic's aesthetico-moral argument treated beauty and ethical worth as inseparable standards.
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Etymology
Formed from aesthetico-, the combining form of aesthetic, and moral. Aesthetic ultimately derives from Ancient Greek aisthetikos, 'of sense perception,' while moral comes through Latin moralis, 'relating to conduct or custom,' from mos, 'custom.' The compound joins judgments of beauty or taste with judgments of right and wrong.