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
Examples of aestheticism in a Sentence
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But he’s done plenty of homes, including some in London, and what’s evident here, even with my all-too-brief stay, is that every design consideration is about the equation of aestheticism with intimacy and experience.
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Mark Holgate, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2024
For the everyman who likes to host dinner parties, this aestheticism can create a certain pressure.
—Amelia Abraham, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2023
For all his refined aestheticism, Rudolph perceptively sketches the social realm that Emily confronts, the political-power grid of society at large.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2023
Really, there’s nothing pure about either cinema — a hybrid art form stamped from birth with the mark of commerce — or cinephilia, which combines lofty aestheticism with more visceral, less respectable forms of delight.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2022
Cronenberg knowingly implies that this is the least creative time in film history, and his scrutiny of aestheticism defines the horror of fake art — of junk like The Way of Water.
—Armond White, National Review, 21 Dec. 2022
The game the rivals play is beautiful, Lopez said, because of its aestheticism.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2022
Locke came of age amid a Victorian wave of gay aestheticism that looked to classical art as inspiration for a new homosexual identity.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2022
There is some sort of atavistic aestheticism embedded in the French soul.
—Janet Malcolm, The New Yorker, 14 July 2022
Mark Holgate, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2024
For the everyman who likes to host dinner parties, this aestheticism can create a certain pressure.
—Amelia Abraham, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2023
For all his refined aestheticism, Rudolph perceptively sketches the social realm that Emily confronts, the political-power grid of society at large.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2023
Really, there’s nothing pure about either cinema — a hybrid art form stamped from birth with the mark of commerce — or cinephilia, which combines lofty aestheticism with more visceral, less respectable forms of delight.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2022
Cronenberg knowingly implies that this is the least creative time in film history, and his scrutiny of aestheticism defines the horror of fake art — of junk like The Way of Water.
—Armond White, National Review, 21 Dec. 2022
The game the rivals play is beautiful, Lopez said, because of its aestheticism.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2022
Locke came of age amid a Victorian wave of gay aestheticism that looked to classical art as inspiration for a new homosexual identity.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2022
There is some sort of atavistic aestheticism embedded in the French soul.
—Janet Malcolm, The New Yorker, 14 July 2022
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“Aestheticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aestheticism. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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