aesthetics

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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
• Derivationally related forms:
esthetical (for: esthetics), esthetician (for: esthetics), aesthetical, aesthetician
• Topics:
art, artistic creation, artistic production
• Hypernyms:
philosophy