Etymology

aesthetic information

Today it means: Sensory information that cannot be articulated in language. Full definition →

French information esthétique
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  1. French · calque ofinformation esthétique
  2. English todayaesthetic information

Calque of French information esthétique, as used by French social psychologist and philosopher Abraham Moles in his Théorie de l’information et perception esthétique (1958).

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