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aesthetical

aesthetical

7.2
About beauty and good taste
  • adjective
  • /iˈsθɛtɪkəl/
translation icon : estético
  • The painting's vibrant colors and intricate details are an excellent example of aesthetical beauty.

Examples

  • JT, I am just guessing here, but using "ontological, epistemological, and aesthetical validity" for a mere word might possibly be the reason.

    Blog text (12)
  • Therefore, the aesthetical play of absence becomes, to a certain extent, the ethical media to represent the unrepresentable: silence, nothingness, and the loss.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Actually, any aesthetical discourse is, in a sense.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Competing for Realism, an Aesthetical Aim.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Things like aesthetical practices, ritual practices, scripture, meditation, study.

  • So, and, and in some cases, like with aesthetical judgments, we don't really need to pay attention to them.

  • The greatest percentage of female and male subjects directed females toward activities that reflect the hallmark aesthetical criteria set forth in Metheny's original theory.

    Academic text (1991)
  • "Satori finds a meaning hitherto hidden in our daily concrete particular experiences," Suzuki explains, regarding the world from the "religious aesthetical angle of observation."

    Academic text (2000)
  • This is precisely my point when suggesting on Lydia's 'Dots' thread that the Hindu expression 'mu' has ontological, epistemological, and aesthetical validity.

    Blog text (12)
  • She has a keen aesthetical sense, allowing her to create stunning interior designs.

Synonyms

tasteful
vsaesthetical
41 3.9

Showing good style and polite manners

refers to the appreciation of beauty rather than personal taste
esthetic
vsaesthetical
  • US
1 5.9

Relating to beauty or the way something looks pleasing

focuses on appreciation of beauty rather than appearance
esthetical
vsaesthetical
  • US
7.3

About the beauty or good taste of something

means the same but appears as an alternative spelling

Antonyms

866 1.0

Not pleasant to look at

1 8.1

Not pleasant to look at

How Aesthetic

beautiful
1.0
attractive
680 1.0
aesthetical
7.2
plain
208 1.0
unaesthetic
1 8.1

Surface Forms

aesthetical positive

Morphology

aesthetical = aesthetic (transparent) = aesthetic + al

Formation by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-al' to the adjective 'aesthetic'; meaning is directly related.

Etymology

Aesthetical comes from a Greek root aesth- that means 'to feel' or 'to notice', the same idea behind the familiar word aesthetic and the everyday word sense. So, aesthetical describes how we feel and judge beauty or good taste.