I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
purely
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From a purely aesthetic viewpoint, I must say that I dislike the design of the volume and tone pots intensely.
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All the stuff I do at the gym is purely aesthetic , just for looks.
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The purely aesthetic value of their work is easy to appreciate.
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Naturally not all the criticism of the massive demolitions in the 1980s was purely aesthetic .
■ NOUN
appeal
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Moreover, methods now permit recycled paper to have the same aesthetic appeal as virgin pulp.
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There is an aesthetic appeal to a really splendid piece of financial manipulation to which these gentlemen are fully sensitive.
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No one would choose to buy cutlery or crockery or curtains or chairs without considering their aesthetic appeal .
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Hardwoods are often chosen for their aesthetic appeal .
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Whilst not yet approaching the sophistication of biological assemblies, synthetic systems of increasing subtlety and considerable aesthetic appeal have been created.
appreciation
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As long as this aesthetic appreciation does not coincide with profitable necessity then this conflict will remain.
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It is the only educational institution in the world that teaches aesthetic appreciation primarily through an objective method of investigation.
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This, too, indicates the kind of sequence of experience to be expected in aesthetic appreciation .
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Sometimes it is difficult to penetrate beyond aesthetic appreciation .
consideration
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Those advocating such innovations were motivated most powerfully by aesthetic considerations , in particular by the deadening effect on design of development control.
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As at Begampur there is a complete absence of decoration or of any aesthetic consideration .
experience
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The point here is that institutions define the discourses and narratives through which aesthetic experience is received.
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Visual sensibility is a prerequisite of art appreciation, and a genuine aesthetic experience is both self-sufficient and disinterested.
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We are also interested in extending their manual skills in the form of craft work related to aesthetic experiences .
pleasure
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The tragic myth's ugly content stimulates a higher, aesthetic pleasure .
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The Rabari did not seem interested in any aesthetic pleasures the mountain might offer.
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Also present is the concept of aesthetic pleasure emerging as a by-product of the successful ordering of complex data.
quality
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The suppression of colour made it possible to control the aesthetic qualities of the picture and helped to structure its connotative meaning.
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Does the dome have a pleasing aesthetic quality or is it mushroomed, flattened, or split open?
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The direct and lyrical method of the new poems creates the simpler aesthetic quality of humility.
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In the case of jade its aesthetic qualities only became apparent when the stone was polished.
reason
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Did the makers shape them symmetrically for aesthetic reasons ?
response
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He described this aesthetic response as the bed-rock of conservative criticism.
sense
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It stands for a fastidious aesthetic sense of something having turned out wrong in the wide world.
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His redeeming qualities are his keen aesthetic sense and his carefree response to failure.
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Is it relevant to our literary tradition, our aesthetic sense , our social and psychological concerns?
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It jumps out of the shop window, attacks your aesthetic sense and begs to be admired.
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Mrs Lamont, 45, has a well-developed aesthetic sense .
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Situations of enforced anonymity; being compelled to wear uniforms, clothes chosen by others that offend your aesthetic sense .
value
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These artists and their defenders cited such popular acclaim as proof of the aesthetic value of their works.
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Native workmanship can add a lot of aesthetic value .
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Most are there for aesthetic value in an attempt to raise the product's perceived value.
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He could now move from cultural idealism and aesthetic values to political commitment.
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Although she enjoys the aesthetic value of wild flowers, her reason for encouraging their widespread growth is principally scientific.
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As a question of aesthetic value , it is hard to dispute Lonsdale's decision to give prominence to this material.
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The purely aesthetic value of their work is easy to appreciate.
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Their appeal to the imagination was felt to be beneficial, as was the appreciation of aesthetic values .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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People want wood shingles on their houses for purely aesthetic reasons.
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The town council will discuss plans for aesthetic improvements at two city parks.
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We want to build factories that are as functional as they are aesthetic .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the stuff I do at the gym is purely aesthetic , just for looks.
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Even in ruin the Colosseum is a magnificent edifice of great structural interest and aesthetic splendour.
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I wanted nothing more than the stability and aesthetic comfort I associated with the lives of my friends.
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Most are there for aesthetic value in an attempt to raise the product's perceived value.
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The argument proceeded from the social sphere to the aesthetic sphere.
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The arguments are both economic and aesthetic .
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The majority of her work is self portraiture; her aesthetic concerns grew from her fascination with the falsity of appearance.
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The Rabari did not seem interested in any aesthetic pleasures the mountain might offer.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Basketball offered an intimacy and an aesthetic on television lacking in the brutal National Football League or the technical and leisurely baseball.
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In the developing concepts of a machine aesthetic , these artists fully understood its relevance.
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It is evident that the machine aesthetic played more than just a stylistic part in the revolution.
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The inevitable course of this new aesthetic can be charted in the railway station.
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There was an aesthetic in place that a lot of people found limiting.