aestheticizev.

Brit.

/iːsˈθɛtᵻsʌɪz/,

/ᵻsˈθɛtᵻsʌɪz/,

/ɛsˈθɛtᵻsʌɪz/, U.S.

/ɛsˈθɛdəˌsaɪz/,

/əsˈθɛdəˌsaɪz/

Forms: 1800s– aestheticise, 1800s– aestheticize, 1900s– estheticize.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: aesthetic adj., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < aesthetic adj. + -ize suffix. Compare French esthétiser (1870). Compare earlier aestheticizing adj.

1. transitive. To make aesthetic; to make attractive or acceptable to refined taste; to make a subject of artistic treatment.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > refine [verb (transitive)]

refine1592

unvulgarize1811

aestheticize1864

1864 Realm 22 June 4 The sentimental theory of æstheticising the architecture of grimy manufacturing centres.

1881 Californian Dec. 465/2 She is fresh and natural, and I don't want her æstheticized.

1904 Reader Mar. 376/1 He is always estheticizing his dreams of youth, and all life is colored by the great field which was his when life was fresh.

1977 S. Sontag Illness as Metaphor ii. 20 Cancer is a rare and still scandalous subject for poetry; and it seems unimaginable to aestheticize the disease.

2001 Dreamwatch Oct. 87/1 The device of aestheticising violence in many horror/thriller films (Silence of the Lambs and Se7en being just two).

2. intransitive. To discuss or analyse art or aesthetics; to consider, conceive of, or express things in an aesthetic manner.

ΚΠ

1873 Shakespear-Museum 23 Dec. 204 Neither is this tendency to aestheticize, or seek for the fundamental idea of a work of art, peculiar to this time or to this country alone.

1888 G. Moore Confessions of Young Man (ed. 2) ix. 198 The conversation turned on art, and we æstheticised for an hour.

1929 L. Lewisohn Mid-channel iii. 104 We aestheticize unendurably and rob the objects we seem to embrace of their significance and power. To us, Chartres is at best a strangely noble piece of design.

1964 Compar. Lit. 16 176 These [poets] are men who do not escape or aestheticize but accept and directly live and suffer the crises of their times and their personal lives.

1991 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 13 Mar. 3 e We artists in Puerto Rico want to convey, not to aestheticize.

Derivatives

aesˈtheticized adj.

ΚΠ

1872 R. W. Buchanan Fleshly School of Poetry iii. 16 Laughter dies away in pity for the poor ‘aestheticized’ figures to whom we are being introduced.

1936 Folk-lore 47 402 It [sc. the book] is a softened and aestheticized version of season observances.

2002 NFT Programme Booklet (National Film Theatre) Aug. 10/1 Ichikawa's first film in colour is one of his most gloriously aestheticised achievements.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	aestheticize
释义	aestheticizev. Brit. /iːsˈθɛtᵻsʌɪz/, /ᵻsˈθɛtᵻsʌɪz/, /ɛsˈθɛtᵻsʌɪz/, U.S. /ɛsˈθɛdəˌsaɪz/, /əsˈθɛdəˌsaɪz/ Forms: 1800s– aestheticise, 1800s– aestheticize, 1900s– estheticize. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: aesthetic adj., -ize suffix. Etymology: < aesthetic adj. + -ize suffix. Compare French esthétiser (1870). Compare earlier aestheticizing adj. 1. transitive. To make aesthetic; to make attractive or acceptable to refined taste; to make a subject of artistic treatment. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > refine [verb (transitive)] refine1592 unvulgarize1811 aestheticize1864 1864 Realm 22 June 4 The sentimental theory of æstheticising the architecture of grimy manufacturing centres. 1881 Californian Dec. 465/2 She is fresh and natural, and I don't want her æstheticized. 1904 Reader Mar. 376/1 He is always estheticizing his dreams of youth, and all life is colored by the great field which was his when life was fresh. 1977 S. Sontag Illness as Metaphor ii. 20 Cancer is a rare and still scandalous subject for poetry; and it seems unimaginable to aestheticize the disease. 2001 Dreamwatch Oct. 87/1 The device of aestheticising violence in many horror/thriller films (Silence of the Lambs and Se7en being just two). 2. intransitive. To discuss or analyse art or aesthetics; to consider, conceive of, or express things in an aesthetic manner. ΚΠ 1873 Shakespear-Museum 23 Dec. 204 Neither is this tendency to aestheticize, or seek for the fundamental idea of a work of art, peculiar to this time or to this country alone. 1888 G. Moore Confessions of Young Man (ed. 2) ix. 198 The conversation turned on art, and we æstheticised for an hour. 1929 L. Lewisohn Mid-channel iii. 104 We aestheticize unendurably and rob the objects we seem to embrace of their significance and power. To us, Chartres is at best a strangely noble piece of design. 1964 Compar. Lit. 16 176 These [poets] are men who do not escape or aestheticize but accept and directly live and suffer the crises of their times and their personal lives. 1991 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 13 Mar. 3 e We artists in Puerto Rico want to convey, not to aestheticize. Derivatives aesˈtheticized adj. ΚΠ 1872 R. W. Buchanan Fleshly School of Poetry iii. 16 Laughter dies away in pity for the poor ‘aestheticized’ figures to whom we are being introduced. 1936 Folk-lore 47 402 It [sc. the book] is a softened and aestheticized version of season observances. 2002 NFT Programme Booklet (National Film Theatre) Aug. 10/1 Ichikawa's first film in colour is one of his most gloriously aestheticised achievements. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1864
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