Aesthesis
.
sensation; feeling.
noun
the normal ability to experience sensation, perception, or sensitivity
aesthesia aes·the·sia or es·the·sia (ěs-thē’zhə)
n.
The ability to feel or perceive.
Read Also:
- Aesthete
a person who has or professes to have refined sensitivity toward the beauties of art or nature. a person who affects great love of art, music, poetry, etc., and indifference to practical matters. Contemporary Examples He makes people who I call the aesthete—who have a very specific aesthetic point of view. Louboutin Looks Back Isabel […]
- Aesthetic
- Aesthetic distance
a degree of detachment from or nonidentification with the characters or circumstances of a work of art, permitting the formation of judgments based on aesthetic rather than extra-aesthetic criteria. Historical Examples But Johnson of Cheshire lacked the aesthetic distance required of sustained irony and had a grander purpose in mind. The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window […]
- Aesthetic labour
noun workers employed by a company for their appearance or accent, with the aim of promoting the company’s image
- Aesthetic movement
noun an artistic and literary movement of the late 19th century based on the motto was “art for art’s sake” and arguing that art was not to be utilitarian or practical Examples Huge cultural and social changes occurred because more than a decorative style, the Aesthetic Movement reflected an attitude. Historical Examples But it happened […]