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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024es•thet•ic (es thet′ik),USA pronunciation adj., n. - Philosophyaesthetic.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024aes•thet•ic or es•thet•ic /ɛsˈθɛtɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - of or relating to a sense of beauty or an appreciation of the arts:a keen aesthetic sense.
aes•thet•i•cal, adj. aes•thet•i•cal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024aes•thet•ic (es thet′ik or, esp. Brit., ēs-),USA pronunciation adj. - pertaining to a sense of the beautiful or to the science of aesthetics.
- having a sense of the beautiful;
characterized by a love of beauty. - pertaining to, involving, or concerned with pure emotion and sensation as opposed to pure intellectuality.
n. - Philosophya philosophical theory or idea of what is aesthetically valid at a given time and place:the clean lines, bare surfaces, and sense of space that bespeak the machine-age aesthetic.
- Philosophyaesthetics.
- [Archaic.]the study of the nature of sensation.
Also, esthetic. - Greek aisthētikós, equivalent. to aisthēt(é̄s) (see aesthete) + -ikos -ic
- Neo-Latin aestheticus
- 1815–25
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged discriminating, cultivated, refined.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: aesthetic /iːsˈθɛtɪk ɪs-/, sometimes US esthetic adj
Also: aesthetical, sometimes US esthetical - connected with aesthetics or its principles
- relating to pure beauty rather than to other considerations
- artistic or relating to good taste: an aesthetic consideration
n - a principle of taste or style adopted by a particular person, group, or culture: the Bauhaus aesthetic of functional modernity
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