aesthetics (noun)

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• aesthetics — (US also esthetics) ► PLURAL NOUN (usu. treated as sing. ) 1) a set of principles concerned with the nature of beauty, especially in art. 2) the branch of philosophy which deals with questions of beauty and artistic taste …   English terms dictionary

• aesthetics — noun (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art) traditional aesthetics assumed the existence of universal and timeless criteria of artistic value • Syn: ↑esthetics •… …   Useful english dictionary

• aesthetics — noun The study or philosophy of beauty. See Also: aesthetic, aestheticism …   Wiktionary

• aesthetics — (US also esthetics) plural noun [usu. treated as sing.] a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, especially in art. ↘the branch of philosophy which deals with questions of beauty and artistic taste …   English new terms dictionary

• aesthetics — especially BrE also esthetics AmE noun (U) the study of beauty, especially beauty in art …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• aesthetics — [iːsˈθetɪks] noun [U] the study of beauty, especially in art …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• aesthetics — /əsˈθɛtɪks / (say uhs thetiks), /is / (say ees ) noun 1. Philosophy the science which deduces from nature and taste the rules and principles of art; the theory of the fine arts; the science of the beautiful, or that branch of philosophy which… …  

• Aristotle: Aesthetics and philosophy of mind — David Gallop AESTHETICS Aesthetics, as that field is now understood, does not form the subjectmatter of any single Aristotelian work. No treatise is devoted to such topics as the essential nature of a work of art, the function of art in general,… …   History of philosophy

• esthetics — noun (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art) traditional aesthetics assumed the existence of universal and timeless criteria of artistic value • Syn: ↑aesthetics • …   Useful english dictionary

• bodybuilding — noun /ˈbɒdiˌbɪldɪŋ,ˈbɑːdiˌbɪldɪŋ/ a) A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition. Like those activities, bodybuilding is an obsession, a living (for a few), and a way of life for the people involved in it… …   Wiktionary

• aestheticism — noun A doctrine which holds aesthetics or beauty as the highest ideal or most basic standard. See Also: aesthete, aesthetics …   Wiktionary