aestheticize

American  

[es-thet-i-sahyz] / ɛsˈθɛt ɪˌsaɪz /

especially British, aestheticise

verb (used with object)

aestheticized, aestheticizing

1. to depict as being pleasing or artistically beautiful; represent in an idealized or refined manner.

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Etymology

Origin of aestheticize

First recorded in 1895–1900; aesthetic ( def. ) + -ize ( def. )

Example Sentences

Either way, the urge to aestheticize work remains.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2023

Even on the bigger, splashier international canvas of “The White Tiger,” there’s a becoming modesty to Bahrani’s filmmaking and a palpable reluctance to sensationalize or aestheticize his protagonist’s poverty.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2021

Sanders can aestheticize his practiced cantankerousness for laughs and sympathy without anyone asking if its a put-on.

From The Guardian • Mar. 7, 2020

Theodor Adorno said, “To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric”: any attempt to aestheticize the camps, to redeem the irredeemable, only trivializes the events.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 8, 2017

Those who need a little more guidance might try locating someone who can aestheticize.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2016