esthetics

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun esthetics has 1 sense

esthetics(n = noun.cognition) aesthetics - (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"

is a kind of philosophy

Derived forms adjective esthetical₁, noun esthetician₂

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CIDE DICTIONARY

esthetics, n. [Gr. perceptive, esp. by feeling, fr. to perceive, feel: cf. G. ästhetik, F. esthétique.].

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. [1913 Webster]

esthetics, n.

Same as Æsthete, Æsthetic, Æsthetical, Æsthetics, etc. [1913 Webster]

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