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Beauty is the quality of being pleasing, especially to look at, or someone or something that gives great pleasure, especially when looking at it.() The conception for beauty is used or studied in art, sociology, social psychology, and culture. An "ideal beauty" is an entity which is admired, or possesses features widely attributed to beauty in a particular culture, for perfection. The experience of "beauty" often involves an interpretation of some entity as being in balance and harmony with nature, which may lead to feelings of attraction and emotional well-being. Because this can be a subjective experience, it is often said that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." There is evidence that perceptions of beauty are evolutionarily determined, that things, aspects of people and landscapes considered beautiful are typically found in situations likely to give enhanced survival of the perceiving human's genes.〔The Oxford Handbook for Aesthetics〕〔(Denis Dutton: A Darwinian theory of beauty | Video on TED.com )〕 == Name == Unlike other Germanic languages, the word beauty is with Latin origin as in present Romance languages. The word derives from the Vulgar Latin bellitatem (nominative bellitas) "state of being handsome" from Latin bellus "pretty, handsome, charming," in classical Latin used especially of women and children, or insultingly of men. The newly introduced Latin term replace the replaced the Old English wlite, a concrete meaning "a beautiful woman", that was first recorded in the late 14c. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「beauty」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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