aestheticity

Noun

aestheticity (uncountable)

1. The quality of being aesthetic.
   • In the realm of space-time which we are considering, there is only one passage, from the aesthetic (positive or indifferent) creation to juridical recognition, from liberty to discipline. For this reason we recognize the basic aestheticity of all linguistic creations and, at the same time, its...1963, Giacomo Devoto, translated by M[ills] F[ox] Edgerton, Jr., “Space-Time”, in Linguistics and Literary Criticism (Language and Culture), New York, N.Y.: S. F. Vanni […], pages 58–59
   • Personally, West’s love (or horror, it’s hard to say which) of the grotesque, degenerated aspects of human existence is repugnant to my perhaps too carefully cultivated aestheticity.1975 April 24, Nell Jordan, “Day of the Locust: Movie pronounced grotesque”, in Eva Gantt, editor, The Profile, volume LXI, number 20, Decatur, Ga.: Agnes Scott College, page 3, column 2

   Synonyms:

   aestheticality, aestheticalness, aestheticness

   Antonyms:

   unaestheticness