Aestheticism

/ˌæsˈθɛ.tɪˌsɪ.zəm/

Synonyms for "aestheticism" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
aesthetic philosophyaesthetic sense

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
art for art's sakebeauty philosophy

Related words (3)

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More general

4 entries
art movementattitudephilosophical stancepreference

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6 entries
aesthetic idealart for art's sakecult of beautyfashion aestheticsinterior design aestheticsproduct aesthetics

Collocations

6 entries
aesthetic movementaesthetic sensedesign aestheticsproduct aestheticstaste for beautyvisual appeal

Inflections

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Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Both Decadence and Aestheticism, as intellectual movements, have fallen into the nadir of oblivion, and the dust lies heavy upon them, but they left a little leaven to lighten the heavy inertness of correct and academic literature; and now Symbolism, a greater movement than either, is in the ascendant, giving another turn to the wheel, and to all who think deeply about such matters it seems as though Symbolist literature is to be the literature of the future.

Source: tatoeba (11704012)

He went over his canvases with disgust and anger, unable to see virtue in any one of them. Even his sacred Oyster Girl went back on him. The creature of a vitiated æstheticism, he could only suppose that conceit had played an abominable trick on his eyesight.

Source: wiktionary

Born the most sensitive of children into an unhappy family that misreared and misschooled him, Rilke recoiled into introspectiveness and dilletante^([sic]) aestheticism, and long remained there; the world, or outwardness, was what had hurt him, was the enemy.

Source: wiktionary

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