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Aesthetic
Definitions
- 1 Concerned with beauty, artistic effect, or appearance.
"It works well enough, but the shabby exterior offends his aesthetic sensibilities."
- 2 Beautiful or appealing to one's sense of beauty or art. proscribed, rare
"The design of the lobby cannot be considered particularly aesthetic."
- 1 concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste wordnet
- 2 aesthetically pleasing wordnet
- 3 relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics wordnet
- 1 The study of art or beauty.
- 2 (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful wordnet
- 3 That which appeals to the senses.
- 4 The set of artistic motifs defining a collection of things, especially works of art; more broadly, their aura or “vibe”.
"Her most recent works have this quirky, nonchalant aesthetic inspired by ’90s teen culture."
- 1 A recognizable visual style or mood. slang, social-media, 2010s-2020s
"Her desk setup has a soft aesthetic."
Etymology
From German Ästhetik or French esthétique, both from New Latin aesthēticus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós, “of sense perception”), from αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “I feel”); analysable as aesthe(sis) + -tic. Cognates include Proto-Germanic *awiz (“obvious”), Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”) and Latin audiō.
From German Ästhetik or French esthétique, both from New Latin aesthēticus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós, “of sense perception”), from αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “I feel”); analysable as aesthe(sis) + -tic. Cognates include Proto-Germanic *awiz (“obvious”), Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”) and Latin audiō.
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