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auratic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɔːˈɹætɪk/ (UK)
• /oɹˈætɪk/ (US)

Etymology

Probably borrowed circa 1930 from German auratisch, as used in the letters of Walter Benjamin, from Italian auratico.

Meanings

1. Resembling an aura.
   • The dividing-line between auratic and non-auratic art by no means coincides with that between authentic art and the administered, degraded art of the culture industry. 1984, Theodor W. Adorno, Aesthetic Theory, page 429:

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