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dandyism

[ UK /dˈændɪˌɪzəm/ ]
[ US /ˈdændiˌɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. the manner and dress of a fop or dandy

How To Use dandyism In A Sentence

  • I am maintaining Baudelaire's view that dandyism is incompatible with being a woman
  • As a secular living manner as well as a pursuit of aesthetic judgment on arts, dandyism typically reflects the aesthetic nature of modern culture.
  • The rise of Brummell's dandyism, explains art historian Anne Hollander, marked the historical moment when men's clothes made the leap into democratic modernity.
  • But much set him apart, particularly his dandyism, theatrics, and tireless self-promotion; above all, his widely-read books — a paradoxical enterprise for a semi-literate culinarian — propelled his renown, showcasing both his literary pretensions and popularizing bent. Article Abstracts
  • Gaston Monescu's refined taste, elegant dress, high British accent, and droll charm denote his dandyism from the film's beginning.
  • The developing and changing process of dandyism in Europe in 19th century was a process in which aesthetic judging factors were successively enhanced in this movement.
  • Still, noodledom was nearer than vulgarity to dandyism. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story
  • I admired him as the ultimate in dandyism.
  • Despite what you may have heard, dandyism is the antithesis of foppishness.
  • The most amusing part, however, is that it's written by what one chronicler of dandyism (Captain Gronow) describes as a failed fashionophile, who "dressed in the worst possible taste, wore sparkling jewels on a dirty shirt front, and diamond rings on unwashed fingers. Caroline Hagood: Blast From the Past: Honoré de Balzac's New English Release, Treatise on Elegant Living
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