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es⋅thet⋅ic

  [es-thet-ik]
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aes⋅thet⋅ic

  [es-thet-ik or, especially Brit., ees-]
–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.
es·thet·ic   (ěs-thět'ĭk)   
adj.   & n.
Variant of aesthetic.
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Word Origin & History

aesthetic 
1798, from Ger. ästhetisch or Fr. esthétique, both from Gk. aisthetikos "sensitive," from aisthanesthai "to perceive, to feel," from PIE *awis-dh-yo-, from base *au- "to perceive." Popularized in Eng. by translation of Immanuel Kant, and used originally in the classically correct sense "the science which treats of the conditions of sensuous perception." Kant had tried to correct the term after Baumgarten had taken it in Ger. to mean "criticism of taste" (1750s), but Baumgarten's sense attained popularity in Eng. c.1830s (despite scholarly resistance) and removed the word from any philosophical base. Walter Pater used it (1868) to describe the late 19c. movement that advocated "art for art's sake," which further blurred the sense. Aesthete first recorded 1881.
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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.

esthetic es·thet·ic (ěs-thět'ĭk)
adj.
Variant of aesthetic.

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