Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
aesthetics . - adjective Of or pertaining to
beauty . - adjective
Aesthetic .
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- adjective concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
Etymologies
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Examples
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[T] he pleasure in aesthetical judgments ... is merely contemplative and does not bring about an interest in the object ....
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It will run thus in proportion as this appearance will be aesthetical, that is, an appearance that does not try to make up for reality, nor requires to be made up for by it.
Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782
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It will run thus in proportion as this appearance will be aesthetical, that is, an appearance that does not try to make up for reality, nor requires to be made up for by it.
The Works of Frederich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782
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Pacifists ought to enter more deeply into the aesthetical and ethical point of view of their opponents.
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They are neither of those, and their silly aesthetical or rhetorical distinctions are just what President Obama calls “distractions”.
Matthew Yglesias » Arctic Seabed Methane Stores Destabilizing 2010
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Culturally, could China be forming en masse what Zhou Zhiqiang from Nankai University in Tianjin calls "happy imbeciles" -- a cultural form secretly encouraged by the State's aesthetical project?
Pepe Escobar: Shanghai and the Mystery of China's Soft Power 2010
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He's Haitian, and he was a hairdresser who served the Protestant elite of New York, so he's a three-fer; black, aesthetical and ecumenical.
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Culturally, could China be forming en masse what Zhou Zhiqiang from Nankai University in Tianjin calls "happy imbeciles" -- a cultural form secretly encouraged by the State's aesthetical project?
Pepe Escobar: Shanghai and the Mystery of China's Soft Power 2010
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I walked to my closet, threw open the door; and merrily organized every item of clothing I own into seasonal, aesthetical, and chronological categories.
E. Jean Carroll: Fashion Week: Prettier Brains for Fall 2009
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"The idea is essentially to release an album on an almost obsolete medium that fits very well with the music on an aesthetical level," says Olesen.
Band Releases Album On ”Obsolete” 3.5” Floppy Disc | Impact Lab 2007
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