aestheticism [noun]

Definition of aestheticism:

A doctrine which holds aesthetics or beauty as the highest ideal or most basic standard.

Synonyms of aestheticism:

● Aesthetic

● Esthetic

● Visual appeal

● Aesthetically

● Taste

● Cultivation

● Culture

● Discrimination


Opposite/Antonyms of aestheticism:

● Bad manners

● Carelessness

● Clumsiness

● Coarseness

● Crudeness

● Decline

● Destruction

● Disinclination


Sentence/Example of aestheticism:

Their formal innovations and aestheticism further pushed the Baudelairean boundaries of poetic language.