Meanings
adjectiveæsthetic (comparative more æsthetic, superlative most æsthetic)
comparative more æsthetic · superlative most æsthetic
- Dated spelling of aesthetic.
In the absence of any æsthetic criteria, money is the only yardstick. All “tastes”, like all “needs”, are attended to by the market.
1995, Richard Appignanesi [orig. ed.], Ziauddin Sardar, and Patrick Curry, Introducing Postmodernism, page 47, “Eclectic Postmodernism” (Icon Books UK / Totem Books USA; →ISBN)
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