aestheticism
Example Sentences
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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
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.
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2022
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
The origin of aestheticism is the same as that of mysticism.
From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
