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esthetic

esthetic

6.8
A style or set of ideas about what is beautiful in art
  • noun
  • /ɛsˈθɛtɪk/
  • Formal
translation icon : estética
  • The artist's philosophy reflects a unique esthetic that values simplicity and harmony.

There are also lectures on aesthetics, which deal with the various forms of art.

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Examples

  • Kierkegaard warns that "the person who chooses the esthetic after the ethical has become manifest to him is not living esthetically, for he is sinning" (Kirsch has quoted this).

    Academic text (2009)
  • And so this is the tradition of realist aesthetics in Marxist criticism.

  • A restaurant that changes with the taste without losing the esthetic.

  • Which has nothing to do with aesthetic value necessarily, right?

  • But I find that the style aesthetic choices of black folks are slightly different.

  • Hi, I was thinking about the aesthetic component of your presentation.

  • So this comparison is mostly going to be about looks and aesthetic preferences.

  • There are also lectures on aesthetics, which deal with the various forms of art.

  • In many ways, Yeats retained this aesthetic bias.

  • In our discussion, we examined the underlying esthetic principles that guide modern design.

Synonyms

esthetics
vsesthetic
  • Specialized
1 8.2

Study of beauty, art, and how people decide what is beautiful

is a specific set of principles or theory about what counts as beautiful

Surface Forms

esthetic singular
esthetics plural
aesthetics plural
aesthetic singular

Etymology

Esthetic as a noun comes from the same Greek root aesth- meaning 'to feel', and it names a shared idea of what people find beautiful. So an esthetic is like a group's 'look' or style that shows what they prefer as beautiful.