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artistic

[ ahr-tis-tik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements:
artistic productions.
showing skill or excellence in execution:
artistic workmanship.
exhibiting taste, discriminating judgment, or sensitivity:
an artistic arrangement of flowers; artistic handling of a delicate diplomatic situation.
exhibiting an involvement in or appreciation of art, especially the fine arts:
He had wide-ranging artistic interests.
involving only aesthetic considerations, usually taken as excluding moral, practical, religious, political, or similar concerns:
artistic principles.
of art or artists:
artistic works.
of, like, or thought of as characteristic of an artist:
an artistic temperament.

First recorded in 1745–55; artist + -ic

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