aestheticize

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verb

US and Oxford British English standard spelling of aestheticise.

OriginEnglish aesthetic ← French esthétique ← New Latin aesthēticu →
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Meanings

verbaestheticize (third-person singular simple present aestheticizes, present participle aestheticizing, simple past and past participle aestheticized)

present singular third person aestheticizes · participle present aestheticizing · participle past aestheticized · past aestheticized

  1. US and Oxford British English standard spelling of aestheticise.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewis-dʰh₁
  4. Proto-Hellenic*awistʰomai
  5. Ancient Greekαἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai)
  6. Ancient Greekαἴσθησῐς (aísthēsĭs)
  7. Ancient Greekαἰσθητικός (aisthētikós)
  8. Latinaesthēticus
  9. GermanÄsthetik
  10. New Latinaesthēticu
  11. Frenchesthétique
  12. Englishaesthetic
  13. Englishaestheticize

From aesthetic + -ize.

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APA

aestheticize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aestheticize

MLA

“aestheticize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aestheticize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aestheticize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aestheticize.

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