"aesthetics" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɛsˈθɛt.ɪks/, /ɛsˈtɛt.ɪks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-aesthetics.wav [US] Forms: aesthetics [plural]
Etymology: From aesthetic + -ics. Etymology templates: {{af|en|aesthetic|-ics}} aesthetic + -ics Head templates: {{en-noun|-|aesthetics}} aesthetics (usually uncountable, plural aesthetics)
  1. The study or philosophy of beauty. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (study or philosophy of beauty): estetikë [feminine] (Albanian), عِلْم الْجَمَال (ʕilm al-jamāl) [masculine] (Arabic), فَلْسَفَةُ الْجَمَال (falsafatu l-jamāl) [feminine] (Arabic), գեղագիտություն (geġagitutʿyun) (Armenian), estetika (Azerbaijani), эстэ́тыка (estétyka) [feminine] (Belarusian), সৌন্দর্যশাস্ত্র (śōundorjośastro) (Bengali), kenedoniezh [feminine] (Breton), есте́тика (estétika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), estètica [feminine] (Catalan), 美學 (Chinese Mandarin), 美学 (měixué) (Chinese Mandarin), estetika [feminine] (Czech), æstetik [common-gender] (Danish), esthetica [feminine] (Dutch), estetiko (Esperanto), esteetika (Estonian), fagurfrøði [feminine] (Faroese), listfrøði [feminine] (Faroese), estetiikka (Finnish), esthétique [feminine] (French), estética [feminine] (Galician), ესთეტიკა (esteṭiḳa) (Georgian), Ästhetik [feminine] (German), αισθητική (aisthitikí) [feminine] (Greek), אֶסְתֶּטִיקָה (estétika) [feminine] (Hebrew), सौन्दर्यशास्त्र (saundaryaśāstra) [masculine] (Hindi), सौंदर्यशास्त्र (saundaryaśāstra) [masculine] (Hindi), esztétika (Hungarian), fagurfræði [feminine] (Icelandic), estetiko (Ido), aeistéitic [feminine] (Irish), estetica [feminine] (Italian), 美学 (bigaku) (alt: びがく) (Japanese), ಸೌಂದರ್ಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (saundaryaśāstra) (Kannada), эстетика (éstetika) (Kazakh), សោភ័ណវិទ្យា (saophŏən vityiə) (Khmer), 미학 (mihak) (alt: 美學) (Korean), эстетика (estetika) (Kyrgyz), estētika [feminine] (Latvian), estetika [feminine] (Lithuanian), естетика (estetika) [feminine] (Macedonian), estetika (Malay), estetikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), estetikk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), زیباییشناسی (zibâyi-šenâsi) (Persian), estetyka [feminine] (Polish), estética [feminine] (Portuguese), estetică [feminine] (Romanian), эсте́тика (estɛ́tika) [feminine] (Russian), естѐтика [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), estètika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), estètica [feminine] (Sicilian), stètica [feminine] (Sicilian), estetika [feminine] (Slovak), estetika [feminine] (Slovene), estética [feminine] (Spanish), estetik [common-gender] (Swedish), santingan (Tagalog), dalubsantingan (Tagalog), palasantingan (Tagalog), estetika (Tagalog), эстетика (estetika) (Tajik), зебоишиносӣ (zeboyišinosī) (Tajik), สุนทรียศาสตร์ (sǔn-tá-rii-yá-sàat) (Thai), สุนทรียภาพ (sǔn-tá-rii-yá-pâap) (Thai), estetik (Turkish), есте́тика (estétyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), estetika (Uzbek), mỹ học (alt: 美學) (Vietnamese), jönav (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-aesthetics-en-noun-SiQi0iQo Disambiguation of 'study or philosophy of beauty': 99 1
  2. An artist's principles, preferences, and/or his agenda Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-aesthetics-en-noun-v8VBdlaX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ics Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 63 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 84 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ics: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: æsthetics, esthetics Derived forms: ethnoaesthetics, experimental aesthetics, neuroaesthetics, phonoaesthetics, somaesthetics Related terms: aesthetic, aestheticism
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɛsˈθɛt.ɪks/, /ɛsˈtɛt.ɪks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-aesthetics.wav [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} aesthetics
  1. plural of aesthetic Tags: form-of, plural Form of: aesthetic Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-aesthetics-en-noun-Rbwm7vMY Disambiguation of Appearance: 8 13 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: æsthetics, esthetics
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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