aestheticism
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- noun
- /æˈsθɛtɪsɪzəm/
- Literature
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esteticismo
- His aestheticism leads him conceptually to need and hence to invoke the idea of incommensurability.
- aestheticism in Berlin
- early-twentieth-century aestheticism
- aestheticism of the arts
Examples
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I speak very broadly; numerous details are needed if Berlin's aestheticism is to be delineated accurately and fairly.
Academic text (1999) -
In some ways, Sontag's "new sensibility" is reminiscent of the extreme aestheticism.
Academic text (1999) -
His aestheticism even shows itself in his intellectual method, which is a method of generosity.
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For me, intellectual work is related to what you could call aestheticism, meaning transforming yourself. That knowledge can transform us.
Academic text (2000) -
Both aspirations have everything to do with their legacy from nineteenth-century aestheticism.
Academic text (2001) -
But my sense has grown that Berlin's work is animated by aestheticism, and the net effect can be quite disturbing.
Academic text (1999) -
"Camp," wrote essayist Susan Sontag in her 1965 delineation of the subject, "is a certain mode of aestheticism."
Academic text (2013) -
Many artists embraced aestheticism in their works, focusing on beauty rather than moral messages.
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The movement of aestheticism rejected practical concerns, advocating instead for pure artistic expression.
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In literature, aestheticism often emphasizes style and beauty over conventional storytelling.
Synonyms
A belief that art exists for its own sake
A style or set of ideas about what is beautiful in art
Antonyms
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
aestheticism = aesthetic (transparent) = aesthetic + ism
The noun is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ism' to 'aesthetic', giving a doctrine or movement related to aesthetic values.
Etymology
Aestheticism comes from an old Greek root aesthe- meaning 'to feel' or 'to sense', and it shares this root with the word aesthetic. So, aestheticism is a belief or movement that puts beauty and artistic feeling above practical or moral concerns.