Synonyms:
aesthetic, esthetic
Meaning: relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics; "aesthetic values"
Synonyms:
aesthetic, esthetic, aesthetical, esthetical
Meaning: concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste; "the aesthetic faculties"; "an aesthetic person"; "aesthetic feeling"; "the illustrations made the book an aesthetic success"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
aesthetic, esthetic
Meaning: (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful; "he despised the esthetic of minimalism"
Usage examples
They can satisfy their function without offending the ethical and aesthetic tendencies of the ego.
The sweat of months was upon it, toil had defaced it, and it was not a creation such as would appeal to the aesthetic mind; but it was plethoric.
To adorn the walls of a library, and then conceal their ornamentation by expensive bookcases, is a waste, or rather a misapplication, of effects--always a sin against aesthetic principles.
One can say only that these tendencies are of an objectionable nature throughout, that they are shocking from an ethical, aesthetic and social point of view, that they are things one does not dare even to think, or thinks of only with abhorrence.
The ego which has been freed of all ethical restraints feels itself in accord with all the demands of the sexual striving, with those demands which have long since been condemned by our aesthetic rearing, demands of such a character that they resist all our moral demands for restraint.