aesthetics

Meanings

Plural: 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"
• (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful
• The study or philosophy of beauty.
• An artist's principles, preferences, and/or his agenda
• plural of aesthetic

Synonyms

aesthetic, esthetic, esthetics

Related Words

aesthetic, aestheticism