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				"aesthetic",
				"aesthetical",
				"aesthetically",
				"esthetic",
				"esthetical",
				"esthetically"
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		},
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		"hwi": {
			"hw": "aes*thet*ic",
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				{
					"mw": "es-ˈthe-tik",
					"sound": {
						"audio": "aesthe02",
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						"stat": "1"
					}
				},
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					"mw": "is-"
				},
				{
					"l": "British usually",
					"mw": "ēs-"
				}
			]
		},
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			{
				"vl": "also US",
				"va": "es*thet*ic"
			},
			{
				"vl": "or",
				"va": "aes*thet*i*cal"
			},
			{
				"vl": "or US",
				"va": "es*thet*i*cal",
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					{
						"mw": "es-ˈthe-ti-kəl",
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							"stat": "1"
						}
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					{
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						"mw": "ēs-"
					}
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							"sense",
							{
								"sn": "1 a",
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										"text",
										"{bc}of, relating to, or dealing with {d_link|aesthetics|aesthetic:2} or the beautiful "
									],
									[
										"vis",
										[
											{
												"t": "{wi}aesthetic{\/wi} theories"
											}
										]
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							"sense",
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								"sn": "b",
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										"text",
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										"vis",
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												"t": "a work of {wi}aesthetic{\/wi} value"
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								]
							}
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							"sense",
							{
								"sn": "c",
								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
										"{bc}pleasing in appearance {bc}{sx|attractive||} "
									],
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										"vis",
										[
											{
												"t": "… easy-to-use keyboards, clear graphics, and other ergonomic and {wi}aesthetic{\/wi} features …",
												"aq": {
													"auth": "Mark Mehler"
												}
											}
										]
									]
								]
							}
						]
					],
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						[
							"sense",
							{
								"sn": "2",
								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
										"{bc}appreciative of, responsive to, or {d_link|zealous|zealous} about the beautiful"
									]
								],
								"sdsense": {
									"sd": "also",
									"dt": [
										[
											"text",
											"{bc}responsive to or appreciative of what is pleasurable to the senses "
										],
										[
											"vis",
											[
												{
													"t": "his {wi}aesthetic{\/wi} sensibility"
												}
											]
										]
									]
								}
							}
						]
					],
					[
						[
							"sense",
							{
								"sn": "3",
								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
										"{bc}done or made to improve a person's appearance or to correct defects in a person's appearance "
									],
									[
										"vis",
										[
											{
												"t": "{wi}aesthetic{\/wi} plastic surgery"
											}
										]
									]
								]
							}
						]
					]
				]
			}
		],
		"uros": [
			{
				"ure": "aes*thet*i*cal*ly",
				"vrs": [
					{
						"vl": "or less commonly",
						"va": "es*thet*i*cal*ly",
						"prs": [
							{
								"mw": "es-ˈthe-ti-k(ə-)lē",
								"sound": {
									"audio": "aesthe04",
									"ref": "c",
									"stat": "1"
								}
							},
							{
								"mw": "is-"
							},
							{
								"l": "British usually",
								"mw": "ēs-"
							}
						]
					}
				],
				"fl": "adverb"
			}
		],
		"quotes": [
			{
				"t": "My generation has an annoying penchant for treating luxuries as necessities and turning guilty pleasures into {qword}aesthetic{\/qword} and even moral touchstones.",
				"aq": {
					"auth": "Terrence Rafferty",
					"source": "{it}GQ{\/it}",
					"aqdate": "October 1997"
				}
			},
			{
				"t": "I suppose that jazz listening and prizefight watching are my two most passionate avocations, and this is largely so because the origins of my {qword}aesthetic{\/qword} urges are in the black working class.",
				"aq": {
					"auth": "Gerald Early",
					"source": "\"The Passing of Jazz's Old Guard: … \"",
					"subsource": {
						"source": "in {it}The Best American Essays 1986{\/it}, Elizabeth Hardwick & Robert Atwan, editors",
						"aqdate": "1986"
					}
				}
			},
			{
				"t": "Whereas the essence of Proust's {qword}aesthetic{\/qword} position was contained in the deceptively simple yet momentous assertion that \"a picture's beauty does not depend on the things portrayed in it.\"",
				"aq": {
					"auth": "Alain de Botton",
					"source": "{it}How Proust Can Change Your Life{\/it}",
					"aqdate": "1997"
				}
			}
		],
		"et": [
			[
				"text",
				"borrowed from German {it}ästhetisch{\/it} \"pertaining to taste or discernment,\" borrowed from New Latin {it}aestheticus,{\/it} borrowed from Greek {it}aisthētikós{\/it} \"of sense perception, sensitive, perceptive,\" from {it}aisthētós{\/it} \"sensible, perceptible\" (verbal adjective of {it}aisthánomai, aisthánesthai{\/it} \"to perceive, take notice of, understand,\" going back to {it}*awis-t{sup}h{\/sup}-,{\/it} from {it}*awis-,{\/it} base of Greek {it}aḯein{\/it} \"to perceive, hear\" + {it}-t{sup}h{\/sup}-,{\/it} resultative noun suffix) + {it}-ikos{\/it} {et_link|-ic:1|-ic:1} {ma}{mat|audible:1|}{\/ma}"
			],
			[
				"et_snote",
				[
					[
						"t",
						"German {it}aesthetisch\/ästhetisch{\/it} (New Latin {it}aestheticus{\/it}) was initially promulgated as a philosophical term in the work of Alexander Baumgarten (1714-62) and subsequently by Immanuel Kant."
					]
				]
			]
		],
		"date": "1797{ds||1|a|}",
		"shortdef": [
			"of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful",
			"artistic",
			"pleasing in appearance : attractive"
		]
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				"aesthetic",
				"aesthetics",
				"esthetic",
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			"hw": "aes*thet*ic",
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				{
					"mw": "es-ˈthe-tik",
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						"audio": "aesthe02",
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						"stat": "1"
					}
				},
				{
					"mw": "is-"
				},
				{
					"l": "British usually",
					"mw": "ēs-"
				}
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			{
				"vl": "or less commonly",
				"va": "es*thet*ic"
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							"sense",
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								"sn": "1",
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												"mw": "es-ˈthe-tiks",
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													"stat": "1"
												}
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												"mw": "is-"
											},
											{
												"l": "British usually",
												"mw": "ēs-"
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										"text",
										"{bc}a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and {d_link|taste|taste:2} and with the creation and appreciation of beauty"
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										"text",
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									],
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										"vis",
										[
											{
												"t": "modernist {wi}aesthetics{\/wi}"
											},
											{
												"t": "staging new ballets which reflected the {wi}aesthetic{\/wi} of the new nation",
												"aq": {
													"auth": "Mary Clarke & Clement Crisp"
												}
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							"sense",
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								"sn": "3",
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										"if": "aesthetics"
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										"vis",
										[
											{
												"t": "appreciated the {wi}aesthetics{\/wi} of the gemstones"
											}
										]
									]
								]
							}
						]
					]
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			[
				"text",
				"borrowed from German {it}Ästhetik,{\/it} borrowed from New Latin {it}aesthetica,{\/it} from feminine of {it}aestheticus{\/it} {et_link|aesthetic:1|aesthetic:1} {ma}{mat|-ics|}{\/ma}"
			]
		],
		"date": "1822{ds||1||}",
		"shortdef": [
			"a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste and with the creation and appreciation of beauty",
			"a particular theory or conception of beauty or art : a particular taste for or approach to what is pleasing to the senses and especially sight",
			"a pleasing appearance or effect : beauty"
		]
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				"aesthete",
				"aesthetic",
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				"aestheticism",
				"aestheticize",
				"esthete",
				"esthetic",
				"esthetical",
				"esthetician",
				"estheticians",
				"estheticism",
				"estheticisms",
				"estheticize",
				"estheticized",
				"estheticizes",
				"estheticizing"
			],
			"offensive": false
		},
		"hwi": {
			"hw": "es*thete"
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			{
				"hw": "esthetic"
			},
			{
				"hw": "esthetical"
			},
			{
				"hw": "esthetician"
			},
			{
				"hw": "estheticism"
			},
			{
				"hw": "estheticize"
			}
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				"cxl": "less common spellings of",
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						"cxt": "aesthete"
					},
					{
						"cxt": "aesthetic"
					},
					{
						"cxt": "aesthetical"
					},
					{
						"cxt": "aesthetician"
					},
					{
						"cxt": "aestheticism"
					},
					{
						"cxt": "aestheticize"
					}
				]
			}
		],
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					[
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							"sense",
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								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
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			}
		],
		"shortdef": [
			"one having or affecting sensitivity to the beautiful especially in art"
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			"id": "aesthetic distance",
			"uuid": "3eadba72-2c55-494f-a355-d59599c0d118",
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			"section": "alpha",
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				"aesthetic distance",
				"aesthetic distances"
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			"offensive": false
		},
		"hwi": {
			"hw": "aesthetic distance"
		},
		"fl": "noun",
		"def": [
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				"sseq": [
					[
						[
							"sense",
							{
								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
										"{bc}the frame of reference that an artist creates by the use of technical devices in and around the work of art to differentiate it psychologically from reality"
									]
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				]
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		"date": "1867",
		"shortdef": [
			"the frame of reference that an artist creates by the use of technical devices in and around the work of art to differentiate it psychologically from reality"
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				"non-aesthetic"
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			"hw": "non-aes*thet*ic",
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				{
					"mw": "ˌnän-es-ˈthe-tik",
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						"audio": "nonaesthetic_1",
						"ref": "owl",
						"stat": "1"
					}
				},
				{
					"mw": "-is-"
				},
				{
					"l": "British usually",
					"mw": "-ēs-"
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		},
		"fl": "adjective",
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					[
						[
							"sense",
							{
								"dt": [
									[
										"text",
										"{bc}not of or relating to {d_link|aesthetics|aesthetic:2} or the arts {bc}not artistic {bc}not {d_link|aesthetic|aesthetic:1} "
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										"vis",
										[
											{
												"t": "her intellectual and {wi}non-aesthetic{\/wi} achievements"
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		"date": "1877",
		"shortdef": [
			"not of or relating to aesthetics or the arts : not artistic : not aesthetic"
		]
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]