Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aesthetic information

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: aes-thet-ic in-for-ma-tion
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sensory information that cannot be articulated in language.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Coordinate term: semantic information"
"If esthetic information is a key element in the structure of political cognitions, it is clearly of crucial importance to learn as much as possible about the dynamics of their generation. Which forms of political cues convey or reinforce which meanings in mass publics?"
"That is to say that the feeling we experience when we see leaves fluttering in the wind is difficult to translate into a verbal description or a drawing. Aesthetic information has no immediate, direct use."
"Skimming and scanning were two of the main hyper-reading techniques encouraged by the abundance of aesthetic information in the turn-of-the-century ILN and Graphic numbers."

Etymology

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).

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

esthetic information (alternative)

Questions

What does aesthetic information mean?: Sensory information that cannot be articulated in language.
Where does aesthetic information come from?: 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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