aestheticism
noun
aes·thet·i·cism
es-ˈthe-tə-ˌsi-zəm 
is-
variants
or less commonly estheticism
1
: a doctrine that the principles of beauty are basic to other and especially moral principles
2
: devotion to or emphasis on beauty or the cultivation of the arts
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Enticing consumers to accelerate the natural deterioration process and forfeit any resemblance of authenticity in favor of manufactured aestheticism.
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Elizabeth Grace Coyne, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Though the novel is European rather than American in setting, what is remarkable and universal is the connection drawn between the aestheticism of Hyacinth’s nature and the magnetism that anarchism holds for him.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Still, the similarities are felt, stylistically and technically, in the collage-like form and the free manipulation of archival images—and, above all, in a shared sense of audacious yet exquisite aestheticism yoked to a strain of refined, resolute insolence.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
The standoff between Blanche’s impractical aestheticism and Stanley’s ruthless pragmatism is the heart of this quintessentially American drama.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Elizabeth Grace Coyne, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Though the novel is European rather than American in setting, what is remarkable and universal is the connection drawn between the aestheticism of Hyacinth’s nature and the magnetism that anarchism holds for him.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Still, the similarities are felt, stylistically and technically, in the collage-like form and the free manipulation of archival images—and, above all, in a shared sense of audacious yet exquisite aestheticism yoked to a strain of refined, resolute insolence.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
The standoff between Blanche’s impractical aestheticism and Stanley’s ruthless pragmatism is the heart of this quintessentially American drama.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for aestheticism
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“Aestheticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aestheticism. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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