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aes⋅thet⋅ic

  [es-thet-ik or, especially Brit., ees-]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to a sense of the beautiful or to the science of aesthetics.
2. having a sense of the beautiful; characterized by a love of beauty.
3. pertaining to, involving, or concerned with pure emotion and sensation as opposed to pure intellectuality.
–noun
4. a 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.
5. aesthetics.
6. Archaic. the study of the nature of sensation.
Also, esthetic.

Origin:
1815–25; < NL aestheticus < Gk aisthētikós, equiv. to aisthēt(s) (see aesthete ) + -ikos -ic

Synonyms:
2. discriminating, cultivated, refined.
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aes·thet·ic or es·thet·ic   (ěs-thět'ĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Relating to the philosophy or theories of aesthetics.

  2. Of or concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste: the aesthetic faculties.

  3. Characterized by a heightened sensitivity to beauty.

  4. Artistic: The play was an aesthetic success.

  5. Informal Conforming to accepted notions of good taste.

n.  

  1. A guiding principle in matters of artistic beauty and taste; artistic sensibility: "a generous Age of Aquarius aesthetic that said that everything was art" (William Wilson).

  2. An underlying principle, a set of principles, or a view often manifested by outward appearances or style of behavior: "What troubled him was the squalor of [the colonel's] aesthetic" (Lewis H. Lapham).


[German ästhetisch, from New Latin aesthēticus, from Greek aisthētikos, of sense perception, from aisthēta, perceptible things, from aisthanesthai, to perceive; see au- in Indo-European roots.]
aes·thet'i·cal·ly adv.
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aesthetic aes·thet·ic or es·thet·ic (ěs-thět'ĭk)
adj.

  1. Relating to the sensations.

  2. Relating to esthetics.

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