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Definition of Estheticism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Estheticism
Literary usage of Estheticism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies in Religion and Theology: The Church: in Idea and in History by Andrew Martin Fairbairn (1910)
"Two things may here be specified: the reign (i) of /estheticism and (ii) of
Athleticism. By ^estheticism I mean the temper which seeks to gratify the senses ..."
2. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1902)
"patronage, likewise, not only support the " marker " class, but do really to some
extent help forward the cause of true estheticism. III. ..."
3. French Prophets of Yesterday: A Study of Religious Thought Under the Second by Albert Léon Guérard (1913)
"/estheticism in Religion: the Satanic School. Of the two great Christian apologists
in the beginning of the nineteenth century, Joseph de Maistre was the ..."
4. Down the Road: And Other Essays of Nature, Life, Literature, and Religion by William Valentine Kelley (1911)
".<estheticism has gradually assumed such dogmatic definiteness, bold aggressiveness,
and shameless indecency as to startle, horrify, and exasperate a ..."
5. The United Church of the United States by Charles Woodruff Shields (1895)
"estheticism. It will be easy at this point to sneer at literary and artistic
tastes as weak and trivial compared with religious interests. ..."
6. Timidity, how to Overcome it: By Yoritomo-Tashi by Blanchard, Yoritomo-Tashi (1915)
"... LESSON VII estheticism AND TIMIDITY THO this word has but recently come into
use, what it stands for is eternal. "This instinct, contrary to all others ..."
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