aesthetics


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aesthetics /ɛsˈθɛtɪks/ (US also esthetics)
plural noun [usu. treated as sing.] a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, especially in art.

■ the branch of philosophy which deals with questions of beauty and artistic taste.

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