Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In pathology, having sensation: as, “a patch of æsthetic skin.”
- Pertaining to the science of taste or beauty; pertaining to or originating in the sense of the beautiful: as, the esthetic faculty.
- Having a sense of the beautiful; characterized by a love for the beautiful.
- Pertaining to the practice of the fine arts; pertaining to or accordant with the rules, principles, or tendencies of the fine arts: as, an esthetic pose; esthetic dress.
- In the Kantian philosophy, pertaining to sensation or the sensibility: sensuous.
- noun The science of beauty. See
esthetics . - noun In the Kantian philosophy, the forms of sensation (space and time), or of sensibility.
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
aesthetic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful
- adjective concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
- adjective relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics
- adjective aesthetically pleasing
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Examples
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"Imagination" shares with "beauty" the doubtful honor of being the chief theme in esthetic writings of enthusiastic ignorance.
June 2010 2010
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What is overlooked is that it is not the painting as a picture (that is, the object in esthetic experience) that causes certain effects "in us."
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"Imagination" shares with "beauty" the doubtful honor of being the chief theme in esthetic writings of enthusiastic ignorance.
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It is an "object in esthetic experience," not just the provocation to such experience.
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It is an "object in esthetic experience," not just the provocation to such experience.
January 2010 2010
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It is an "object in esthetic experience," not just the provocation to such experience.
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What is overlooked is that it is not the painting as a picture (that is, the object in esthetic experience) that causes certain effects "in us."
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"Imagination" shares with "beauty" the doubtful honor of being the chief theme in esthetic writings of enthusiastic ignorance.
Mysterious Potencies 2010
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"Imagination" shares with "beauty" the doubtful honor of being the chief theme in esthetic writings of enthusiastic ignorance.
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What is overlooked is that it is not the painting as a picture (that is, the object in esthetic experience) that causes certain effects "in us."
January 2010 2010
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