to aestheticize
- verb
- /æˈsθɛtɪˌsaɪz/
:
estetizar
- There, the scene of the vast desert dominating the small silhouetted figure conforms to the almost trite, aestheticizing convention of humanity dwarfed by nature.
Examples
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The ideology of multiculturalism tends to aestheticize the issue of difference, focusing on variations in costume or cuisine.
Academic text (2000) -
Are You My Mother? (2012) extends this intervention by aestheticizing depression and its complex relationship to chronicity and care.
Academic text (2016) -
Yeah, we had to aestheticize it to work with Spot's color scheme.
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All right, now we're going to do one more bit of aestheticizing of this.
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When Yeats aestheticizes the political, he makes it moving.
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Then, such discourse aestheticizes it so that it is henceforth manipulable by criteria of quality.
Academic text (1995) -
Here we find De Witt aestheticizing the "appearance of things" through the construction of a "well-arranged" Cartesian landscape.
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The designer aestheticizes the space by adding colorful art and plants.
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She used light and color to aestheticize the garden, making it inviting.
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The film aestheticizes everyday moments, showcasing their beauty and significance.
Synonyms
424
4.0
Make something better or more attractive
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1.9
To make something look nicer by adding paint, ornaments, or other items
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5.8
To make someone or something look more attractive and exciting than they really are
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6.3
To make something more beautiful by adding decorative details
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3.2
To make a place or person more attractive by adding decorations like paint
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6.4
Make something look less natural by showing it in a simple, fixed way
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3.0
Make a room look cleaner and nicer with small changes
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3.7
To add decorations to something to make it look nicer
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5.7
Make something look nicer by adding decorations
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5.0
Make something look more attractive, often only on the surface
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6.3
Make something seem more attractive than it really is
Make something look more attractive by adding decorations
Antonyms
How Aesthetic
Surface Forms
Morphology
aestheticize = aesthetic (transparent) = aesthetic + ize
The verb is a straightforward, productive verb formation from the adjective 'aesthetic' with the suffix '-ize' meaning 'to make X'.
Etymology
The word aestheticize comes from aesthetic, which means 'related to beauty or the sense of beauty', and the ending -ize, which means 'to make', as in modernize. So to aestheticize something is to 'make it look more beautiful or artistic'.