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aesthetician

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See also: æsthetician

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis-dʰh₁
Proto-Hellenic *awistʰomai
Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Hellenic *-tis
Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Ancient Greek αἴσθησῐς (aísthēsĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Hellenic *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)
Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós)bor.
Latin aesthēticusder.
German Ästhetikder.
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New Latin aesthēticuslbor.
French esthétiqueder.
English aesthetic
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-ijos
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nosder.
Proto-Italic *-ānos
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English aesthetician

    From aesthetic + -ian.

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    Noun

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    aesthetician (plural aestheticians)

    1. One who studies aesthetics; a student of art or beauty.
      Near-synonyms: aesthete, esthete
      • 1969 April, Marcia M. Eaton, “Art, Artifacts, and Intentions”, in American Philosophical Quarterly, volume 6, number 2, →JSTOR, page 165:
        For some time aestheticians have been bothered with the question of whether or not a thing must be an artifact for it to count as a work of art.
    2. A beautician; somebody employed to provide beauty treatments such as manicures and facials.
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