aesthetics
noun/ɛsˈθɛt.ɪks/ · /ɛsˈtɛt.ɪks/
Etymology From aesthetic + -ics.
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
- Derived terms
- ethnoaesthetics, experimental aesthetics, neuroaesthetics, phonoaesthetics, psycho-aesthetics, somaesthetics
- Related terms
- aesthetic, aestheticism