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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  AEsthetics \[AE]s*thet"ics\, Esthetics \Es*thet"ics\ (?; 277),
     n. [Gr. ? perceptive, esp. by feeling, fr. ? to perceive,
     feel: cf. G. ["a]sthetik, F. esth['e]tique.]
     The theory or philosophy of taste; the science of the
     beautiful in nature and art; esp. that which treats of the
     expression and embodiment of beauty by art.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  AEsthetics \[AE]s*thet"ics\, Esthetics \Es*thet"ics\ (?; 277),
     n. [Gr. ? perceptive, esp. by feeling, fr. ? to perceive,
     feel: cf. G. ["a]sthetik, F. esth['e]tique.]
     The theory or philosophy of taste; the science of the
     beautiful in nature and art; esp. that which treats of the
     expression and embodiment of beauty by art.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  aesthetics
       n : (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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  aesthetics
     Αγγλικά n.
     η αισθητική (ο κλάδος της φιλοσοφίας)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  aesthetics
     n.
     The study or philosophy of beauty.
     n.
     (plural of en aesthetic)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  aesthetics
     n.
     The study or philosophy of beauty.
     n.
     (plural of en aesthetic)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  aesthetics
     n.
     The study or philosophy of beauty.
     n.
     (plural of en aesthetic)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  aesthetics
     n.
     The study or philosophy of beauty.
     n.
     (plural of en aesthetic)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  aesthetics
     Englanti n.
     estetiikka

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  aesthetics
     Engelska n.
     estetik

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  aesthetics'
     Engelska n.
     (böjning en subst aesthetics)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Aesthetics /iːsθˈɛtɪks/
  علم الجمال

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  aesthetics //ɛsˈtɛt.ɪks// //ɛsˈθɛt.ɪks// 
  есте́тика
  study or philosophy of beauty

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  aesthetics /iːsθˈɛtɪks/
  estetika

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  aesthetics /iːsθˈɛtɪks/
   [Br.] Ästhetik , Theorie der sinnlichen Wahrnehmung [art]  [phil.]
     Synonym: esthetics
  
   see: abstract aesthetics

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  aesthetics //ɛsˈtɛt.ɪks// //ɛsˈθɛt.ɪks// 
  estetiikka
  study or philosophy of beauty

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  aesthetics /iːsθˈɛtɪks/ 
  1. सौंदर्य~शास्त्र
        "He is an active and known personality in aesthetics."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  aesthetics /iːsθˈɛtɪks/
  estetika, nauka o lijepom

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]


  aesthetics //ɛsˈtɛt.ɪks// //ɛsˈθɛt.ɪks// 
  美学
  study or philosophy of beauty

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]


  aesthetics, esthetics /iːsθetiks/ 
  estética

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
aesthetics //ɛsˈtɛt.ɪks// //ɛsˈθɛt.ɪks// estetik study or philosophy of beauty
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ɛsˈθɛtɪks/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "aesthetics": artistic taste, axiology, casuistry, connoisseurship, cosmology, dilettantism, epicureanism, epicurism, epistemology, ethics, expertise, expertism, first philosophy, friandise, gastronomy, gnosiology, logic, mental philosophy, metaphysics, moral philosophy, ontology, phenomenology, philosophastry, philosophic doctrine, philosophic system, philosophic theory, philosophical inquiry, philosophical speculation, philosophy, school of philosophy, school of thought, science of being, sophistry, theory of beauty, theory of knowledge, value theory, virtu, virtuosity
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n．美学
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 美学

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