auratic

adj

auratic

adj

UK /ɔːˈɹætɪk/ · US /oɹˈætɪk/

Etymology Probably borrowed circa 1930 from German auratisch, as used in the letters of Walter Benjamin, from Italian auratico.

1

Resembling an aura.

  • The dividing-line between auratic and non-auratic art by no means coincides with that between authentic art and the administered, degraded art of the culture industry.1984, Theodor W. Adorno, Aesthetic Theory, page 429:

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