ESTHETICS

aesthetics, esthetics

(noun) (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art); “traditional aesthetics assumed the existence of universal and timeless criteria of artistic value”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

esthetics (uncountable)

(American spelling) Alternative form of aesthetics

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Æs*thet"ics, Es*thet"ics (, n. Etym: [Gr. ästhetik, F. esthétique.]

Definition: The theory or philosophy of taste; the science of the beautiful in nature and art; esp. that which treats of the expression and embodiment of beauty by art.

Es"thete, n.; Es*thet"ic (, a., Es*thet"ic*al (, a., Es*thet"ics (, n. etc.

Definition: Same as Æsthete, Æsthetic, Æsthetical, Æsthetics, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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