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esthetics

esthetics is the alternative form of aesthetics.

Meaning of aesthetics

Noun

aesthetics (usually uncountable, plural aesthetics)

  1. (usually) The study or philosophy of beauty.
    • At a glance, Thor Steinar resembles waspy American pseudo-collegiate brands like Abercrombie and Fitch, Hollister, and Aeropostale, while displaying a distinctly Nordic aesthetics.2017, Geneviève Zubrzycki, National Matters: Materiality, Culture, and Nationalism
  2. (usually) An artist's principles, preferences, and/or his agenda

Forms of esthetics

pluralesthetics

Words formed from esthetics

Questions about esthetics

What is esthetics the alternative form of?
Esthetics is the alternative form of aesthetics.

Words near esthetics in the dictionary

  1. estheticizations
  2. estheticize
  3. estheticized
  4. estheticizes
  5. estheticizing
  6. esthetics
  7. esthiomene
  8. Esthonia
  9. Esthonian
  10. Esthonians
  11. Esths

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