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iːsˈθɛtɪk,
ɛs-/
adj.
concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
▸of pleasing appearance.
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(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.
n.
a set of principles underlying the work of a particular artist or artistic movement.
Derivative
- aesthetically adv.
- aestheticism n.
- aestheticize
or aestheticise v.
Etymology
C18: from Gk aisthētikos, from aisthēta ‘perceptible things’, from aisthesthai ‘perceive’.
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