aestheticize
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of aestheticize
First recorded in 1895–1900; aesthetic ( def. ) + -ize ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Sanders can aestheticize his practiced cantankerousness for laughs and sympathy without anyone asking if its a put-on.
From The Guardian • Mar. 7, 2020
Movies dramatizing the Holocaust play a peculiar role in memorializing history, in that the barbarism of the subject defies attempts to aestheticize it.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2019
He is not the first photographer to aestheticize suffering, nor will he be the last.
From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2019
And so, like staycations and minimalism, vanlife is an attempt to aestheticize and romanticize the precariousness of contemporary life.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 17, 2017
Those who need a little more guidance might try locating someone who can aestheticize.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2016
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