aesthetics
nounfeminine/ɨʃˈtɛtikɐ/high
es·té·ti·ca
Definitions
1The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty, art, and taste.
Aesthetics is a fundamental discipline in the history of art.
He wrote an essay on the aesthetics of Romanticism.
Common collocations
philosophical aestheticsprinciples of aestheticstreatise on aesthetics
2A set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, especially in art.
The aesthetics of the new building are very modern.
She was more concerned with aesthetics than functionality.
Common collocations
visual aestheticsaesthetic appealaesthetic clinic
Etymology
Do grego 'aisthētikē', via latim 'aesthetica', de 'aisthēsis' (sensação, percepção).