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artistic


ar·tis·tic

adj \är-ˈtis-tik\

Definition of ARTISTIC

1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of art or artists <artistic subjects> <an artistic success>
2
: showing imaginative skill in arrangement or execution <artistic photography>
— ar·tis·ti·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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Examples of ARTISTIC

  1. a work of artistic value
  2. He shows real artistic talent.
  3. Both of my children are very artistic.

First Known Use of ARTISTIC

circa 1753

Related to ARTISTIC

Synonyms: cultural
Antonyms: nonartistic, noncultural
Related Words: aesthetic (also esthetic or aesthetical or esthetical), tasteful
Near Antonyms: nonaesthetic
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Other Fine Arts Terms

Gothic, baroque, bas-relief, limn, oeuvre, pastiche, rococo, sfumato

Rhymes with ARTISTIC

autistic, ballistic, Buddhistic, cladistic, cubistic, deistic, ekistic, eristic, faunistic, floristic, heuristic, holistic, hubristic, juristic, linguistic, logistic, meristic, monistic, patristic, phlogistic, puristic, simplistic, sophistic, statistic, stylistic, Taoistic, theistic, Thomistic, touristic, tropistic, truistic, veristic, Yahwistic

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