esthetics

[es-thet-iks]

es·thet·ics

[es-thet-iks]
noun (used with a singular verb)
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es·thet·ic

[es-thet-ik]
adjective, noun
non·es·thet·ic, adjective
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aesthetics or sometimes (US) esthetics (iːsˈθɛtɪks, ɪs-, iːsˈθɛtɪks, ɪs-)
 
n
1.  the branch of philosophy concerned with the study of such concepts as beauty, taste, etc
2.  the study of the rules and principles of art
 
[C18: from Greek aisthētikos perceptible by the senses, from aisthesthai to perceive]
 
esthetics or sometimes (US) esthetics
 
n
 
[C18: from Greek aisthētikos perceptible by the senses, from aisthesthai to perceive]

esthete (ˈiːsθiːt)
 
n
a US spelling of aesthete
 
esthetic
 
adj
 
es'thetical
 
adj
 
es'thetically
 
adv
 
esthetician
 
n
 
es'theticism
 
n
 
es'thetics
 
n

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esthetics es·thet·ics (ěs-thět'ĭks)
n.
Variant of aesthetics.

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