aestheticism
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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
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 game the rivals play is beautiful, Cathedral coach Arturo Torres said, because of its aestheticism.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2022
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
He never ceased to rail against the bigotry without religion, aestheticism without culture, and philosophy without common sense, which he found dominant on the banks of the Spree.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various