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Noun: esthetics  es'the-tiks
Usage: US (elsewhere: aesthetics)
  1. (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art)
    "traditional esthetics assumed the existence of universal and timeless criteria of artistic value";
    - aesthetics
Noun: esthetic  es'the-tik
Usage: US (elsewhere: aesthetic)
  1. A sense of what is beautiful or artistically pleasing
    "Her esthetic was shaped by growing up in a family of artists";
    - aesthetic
     
  2. A particular style or look, especially one admired for its attractiveness
    "The cafe had a cozy, vintage esthetic";
    - aesthetic
     
  3. (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful
    "he despised the esthetic of minimalism";
    - aesthetic

Type of: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory, philosophy

Encyclopedia: Esthetics

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