Definition of "esthetics" [esthetics]

• Variant of aesthetics. (noun)

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• "Like me, he seems to think the 1920s represented a high water mark in esthetics."
• "In short, the first injustice is practised by literature; it has no interest in esthetics, which is only a higher justice."
• "Esthetics have somewhat aligned themselves to the others, but at last there is a movement, known as the arts and crafts movement, more properly called applied esthetics, which is the effort to relate art to life."