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aesthetic
aesthetic
3 definitions found
for aesthetic
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
AEsthetic \[AE]s*thet"ic\, AEsthetical \[AE]s*thet"ic*al\, a.
Of or Pertaining to [ae]sthetics; versed in [ae]sthetics; as,
[ae]sthetic studies, emotions, ideas, persons, etc.
[1913 Webster] -- [AE]s*thet"ic*al*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
aesthetic
adj 1: relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics;
"aesthetic values" [syn: aesthetic, esthetic]
2: concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or
good taste; "the aesthetic faculties"; "an aesthetic person";
"aesthetic feeling"; "the illustrations made the book an
aesthetic success" [syn: aesthetic, esthetic,
aesthetical, esthetical] [ant: inaesthetic,
unaesthetic]
3: aesthetically pleasing; "an artistic flower arrangement"
[syn: aesthetic, esthetic, artistic]
n 1: (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is
beautiful; "he despised the esthetic of minimalism" [syn:
aesthetic, esthetic]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "aesthetic":
Attic, aesthetically appealing, art-conscious, artistic, arty,
attractive, beauteous, beautiful, chaste, choice, classic,
cultivated, discriminating, elegant, endowed with beauty,
excellent, exquisite, eye-filling, fine, flowerlike, graceful,
gracile, handsome, heavy, in good taste, lovely, of choice,
of consummate art, of quality, ornamental, painterly, pleasing,
pretty, pulchritudinous, pure, quiet, refined, restrained,
sensitive, simple, subdued, tasteful, unaffected, understated,
unobtrusive, well-chosen