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Definition of Esthetical
1. Adjective. Concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste. "The illustrations made the book an aesthetic success"
Similar to: Artistic, Cosmetic, Enhancive, Painterly, Sensuous
Derivative terms: Aesthetic, Aesthetics, Esthetics
Antonyms: Inaesthetic
Definition of Esthetical
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to esthetics. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to beauty. ¹
3. Adjective. esthetic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Esthetical
Literary usage of Esthetical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz (1912)
"esthetical RELATIONS. LET us review the results of the preceding investigation.
Compound tones of a certain class are preferred for all kinds of music, ..."
2. History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1879)
"... Church—Fall of the Mass—Learning—Christian Schools—Learning extended to the
Laity—The Arts—Moral Religion —esthetical Religion—Music—Poetry—Painting. ..."
3. Logic by Immanuel Kant (1819)
"Logical and esthetical Perfection of Cognition. r ALL our cognition has a two-
fold reference ; first, .a reference to the object, secondly, ..."
4. Philosophy of Knowledge: An Inquiry Into the Nature, Limits, and Validity of by George Trumbull Ladd (1897)
"... AND -esthetical "MOMENTA" OF KNOWLEDGE THAT the more subtle and profound truths
require for their apprehension and elaboration some special preparation, ..."
5. Knowledge, Life and Reality: An Essay in Systematic Philosophy by George Trumbull Ladd (1918)
"... CHAPTER XVII ^esthetical CONSCIOUSNESS THERE is a certain attitude of mind
with which a selected class ..."
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