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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aesthetic /iːsˈθɛtɪk, ɛs-/ (US also esthetic)
▶adjective concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
■ of pleasing appearance.
■ (Aesthetic) relating to or denoting a literary and artistic movement in England during the 1880s, devoted to ‘art for art's sake’ and rejecting the notion that art should have a social or moral purpose.
▶noun a set of principles underlying the work of a particular artist or artistic movement.– derivatives
aesthetically adverb,
aestheticism noun,
aestheticize (or aestheticise) verb.
aesthetically adverb,
aestheticism noun,
aestheticize (or aestheticise) verb.
– origin C18: from Gk aisthētikos, from aisthēta ‘perceptible things’, from aisthesthai ‘perceive’.
'aesthetic' also found in these Oxford entries:
aesthete
- beauty
- belles-lettres
- esthetic
- fine art
- functionalism
- landscape
- please
- roofscape
- sensibility
- taste
- tasteful
- tasteless
- unaesthetic
- unpleasing
- work of art
Forum discussions with the word(s) "aesthetic" in the title:
aesthetic
aesthetic / esthetic
Aesthetic fatigue
aesthetic ritual
Aesthetic-looking
affinity with the aesthetic
Barbie aesthetic
very rich and copious amount of aesthetic perception
within a design aesthetic that was sensitive to the Parklands' state heritage listing.
aesthetic / esthetic
Aesthetic fatigue
aesthetic ritual
Aesthetic-looking
affinity with the aesthetic
Barbie aesthetic
very rich and copious amount of aesthetic perception
within a design aesthetic that was sensitive to the Parklands' state heritage listing.
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