What is "humanities" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does humanities mean in English? Meaning of humanities definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "humanities" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "humanities": studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

Noun

  • Meaning: studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
  • Example: the college of arts and sciences
  • Synonyms: arts humanistic discipline humanities liberal arts
  • Hyponyms: art history beaux arts chronology classicalism classicism english fine arts history library science linguistics literary study musicology neoclassicism occidentalism oriental studies orientalism performing arts philology philosophy quadrivium romantic movement romanticism sinology stemmatics stemmatology trivium
  • Hypernyms: bailiwick discipline field field of study study subject subject area subject field
  • Synonyms:

    philosophy, languages, arts, letters, belles-lettres, humanistic discipline, the classics, the fine arts,

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