Auratic

//ɔːˈɹætɪk// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling an aura.

    "The dividing-line between auratic and non-auratic art by no means coincides with that between authentic art and the administered, degraded art of the culture industry."

Example

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"The dividing-line between auratic and non-auratic art by no means coincides with that between authentic art and the administered, degraded art of the culture industry."

Etymology

Probably borrowed circa 1930 from German auratisch, as used in the letters of Walter Benjamin, from Italian auratico.

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