<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>relating to the philosophy of aesthetics; concerned with notions such as the beautiful and the ugly</li><li>relating to the science of aesthetics; concerned with the study of the mind and emotions in relation to the sense of beauty</li><li>having a sense of the beautiful; characterized by a love of beauty</li><li>Synonyms: refined, cultivated, discriminating</li><li>relating to, involving, or concerned with pure emotion and sensation as opposed to pure intellectuality</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the philosophical theory or set of principles governing the idea of beauty at a given time and place: the clean lines, bare surfaces, and sense of space that bespeak the machine-age aesthetic; the Cubist aesthetic</li><li>a particular individual’s set of ideas about style and taste, along with its expression: the designer’s aesthetic of accessible, wearable fashion; a great aesthetic on her blog</li><li>one’s set of principles or worldview as expressed through outward appearance, behavior, or actions: the democratic aesthetic of the abolitionists</li><li>Archaic: the study of the nature of sensation</li></ul>