Esthetics : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Esthetics	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Esthetics
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
esthetics n (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art); "traditional aesthetics assumed the existence of universal and timeless criteria of artistic value" Synonym(s): aesthetics, esthetics
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
92sthetics \[92]sthet"ics\, Esthetics* \Es*thet"ics\ ([?]; 277), n. [Gr. [?] perceptive, esp. by feeling, fr. [?] to perceive, feel: cf. G. [84]sthetik, F. esth[82]tique.] The theory or philosophy of taste; the science of the beautiful in nature and art; esp. that which treats of the expression and embodiment of beauty by art.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Esthete \Es"thete\, n.; Esthetic \Esthet"ic\, a., Esthetical \Esthet"ical\, a., Esthetics* \Es*thet"ics\, n. etc. Same as {[92]sthete}, {[92]sthetic}, {[92]sthetical}, {[92]sthetics}, etc.