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Definition of Humanities
1. Noun. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills). "The college of arts and sciences"
Generic synonyms: Bailiwick, Discipline, Field, Field Of Study, Study, Subject, Subject Area, Subject Field
Specialized synonyms: Neoclassicism, Classicalism, Classicism, Romantic Movement, Romanticism, English, History, Art History, Chronology, Beaux Arts, Fine Arts, Performing Arts, Occidentalism, Oriental Studies, Orientalism, Philosophy, Literary Study, Library Science, Linguistics, Philology, Musicology, Sinology, Stemmatics, Stemmatology, Trivium, Quadrivium
Definition of Humanities
1. Noun. (plural of humanity) ¹
2. Noun. the branch of learning that includes the arts, classics, philosophy and history etc., but not the sciences ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Humanities
1. humanity [n] - See also: humanity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humanities
Literary usage of Humanities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American College: A Series of Papers Setting Forth the Program by William Henry Crawford (1915)
"These differ from the natural sciences in that their subject-matter is man and
human society; they differ from the humanities in the older sense of the word ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"To the question What are the humanities! one finds a variety of answers, some of
which seem much narrower than desirable. In order to get additional ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Edward Aloysius Pace, Charles George Herbermann (1922)
"... courses in ancient humanities and preparatory Gartzen St. Antoine (Juliers),
established in 1490, ing an intermediate school with preparatory section, ..."
4. The Essentials of æsthetics in Music, Poetry, Painting, Sculpture and by George Lansing Raymond (1906)
"... Dancing, Pantomime, Elocution, and Dramatics—The humanities—External Products
Necessitated in Music— Poetry—Painting and Sculpture—-And in Architecture. ..."
5. The New England Gazetteer: Containing Descriptions of the States, Counties by John Hayward (1857)
"Mr. Dionysius Kane, SJ, Professor of third humanities and Mathematics ; Mr.
John H. ... humanities ..."
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