artistic

Also ar·tis·ti·cal

[ahr-tis-tik]

adjective

1. conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements.

   artistic productions.

2. showing skill or excellence in execution.

   artistic workmanship.

3. exhibiting taste, discriminating judgment, or sensitivity.

   an artistic arrangement of flowers; artistic handling of a delicate diplomatic situation.

4. exhibiting an involvement in or appreciation of art, especially the fine arts.

   He had wide-ranging artistic interests.

5. involving only aesthetic considerations, usually taken as excluding moral, practical, religious, political, or similar concerns.

   artistic principles.

6. of art or artists.

   artistic works.

7. of, like, or thought of as characteristic of an artist.

   an artistic temperament.

Other Word Forms

• artistically adverb
• interartistic adjective
• nonartistic adjective
• nonartistical adjective
• nonartistically adverb
• preartistic adjective
• pseudoartistic adjective
• pseudoartistically adverb
• quasi-artistic adjective
• quasi-artistically adverb
• unartistic adjective
• unartistically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of artistic¹

First recorded in 1745–55; artist + -ic

Example Sentences

And in Taxila, a place “where intellectual and artistic freedoms met with a merging of multicultural ideas and expressions,” imported Greek art inspired the now-familiar depiction of the Buddha.

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When producers allow a star’s heroic jawline and eyebrow harmony to be covered in scars and a cloak, you know the artistic ambitions are high.

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They are unexceptional in content and artistic quality, but collectively they illustrate a black working- and middle-class culture largely unrecognized by outsiders.

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“Even in the midst of people’s outrage over something in her life, she continued being at the top of her game in terms of her artistic output.”

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In a world where anti-Blackness and transphobia remain as entrenched as ever, her rise signals both artistic excellence and a profound cultural shift of the stories told about Black and trans experiences.

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Related Words

• aesthetic 
• creative 
• decorative 
• dramatic 
• imaginative 
• musical