aestheticism
Example Sentences
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Some writers and artists who initially championed boundary-pushing aestheticism later found a spiritual home in the Catholic Church.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
The standoff between Blanche’s impractical aestheticism and Stanley’s ruthless pragmatism is the heart of this quintessentially American drama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2024
It all looks effortless because the power is married to aestheticism, and there isn't an extra note in the composition.
From BBC ● May 23, 2023
The 20-something Wilde had earlier perfected the delivery of his pronouncements — the slow enunciation, the casual hand gesture — while lecturing on aestheticism and home decoration in America.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2021
To imitate them is mere aestheticism, and to restore them is often destruction.
From Two Summers in Guyenne by Barker, Edward Harrison
