(also esthetic)

source: gifとanime 、 aesthetic We Heart ItのGIF

concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty:

美の; 美学の; 審美的な.

e.g. the pictures give great aesthetic pleasure.

giving or designed to give pleasure through beauty; of pleasing appearance:

｟かたく｠ 〈物などが〉美的に優れた, 芸術美あふれる.

e.g. the law applies to both functional and aesthetic objects.

noun in singular

a set of principles underlying and guiding the work of a particular artist or artistic movement:

｟かたく｠ 〖単数形で〗美の原理

e.g. the Cubist aesthetic.

late 18th century (in the sense ‘relating to perception by the senses’): from Greek aisthētikos, from aisthēta ‘perceptible things’, from aisthesthai ‘perceive’. The sense ‘concerned with beauty’ was coined in German in the mid 18th century and adopted into English in the early 19th century, but its use was controversial until much later in the century.