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aesthet'ic dis'tance




a degree of detachment from or nonidentification with the characters or circumstances of a work of art, permitting the formation of judgments based on aesthetic rather than extra-aesthetic criteria.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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