Dictionary

humanities en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /hjuˈmæn.ɪ.tiz/ (General-American)

Meanings

1. (obsolete, plural, plural-only) Synonym of classical studies: the study of Ancient Greek and Latin, their literature, etc.
2. (form-of, plural) plural of humanity
   form of humanity
3. (plural, plural-only) The study of language, literature, the arts, history, and philosophy, sometimes including religion.
   • The Old Church is one of nearly 240 recipients of grants awarded by NEH for humanities projects in support of the preservation of historic collections, humanities documentaries and exhibitions, scholarly books and research, and educational opportunities for teachers, according to the agency’s website. 2021 August 17, Artemis Moshtaghian, “Church made famous by Paul Revere reckons with its ties to slavery”, in CNN:

Deriveds

digital humanities

Hypernyms

study

Meronyms

musicology · theater studies · philosophy · arts · philology · history

Relateds

:Category:en:Humanities · humanism · Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 560. Language · humanity · mind · humanities scholar · humanist · culture · humanistic

Synonyms

humanities · classical studies · arts · belles-lettres · humanistic discipline

Translations (38)

ko 인문학 (language, literature, etc.) · pl humanistyka (language, literature, etc.) · it scienze umanistiche (language, literature, etc.) · pt humanas (language, literature, etc.) · nn humaniora (language, literature, etc.) · hi मानविकी (language, literature, etc.) · sk spoločenské vedy (language, literature, etc.) · de Geisteswissenschaften (language, literature, etc.) · fi humanismi (language, literature, etc.) · da humaniora (language, literature, etc.) · ca humanitats (language, literature, etc.) · ru гуманита́рные нау́ки (language, literature, etc.) · et humaniora (language, literature, etc.) · fr sciences humaines (language, literature, etc.) · es letras humanas (language, literature, etc.) · cmn 人文科學 /人文科学 (language, literature, etc.) · el ανθρωπιστικές επιστήμες (language, literature, etc.) · my ဝိဇ္ဇာပညာ (language, literature, etc.) · id humaniora (language, literature, etc.) · ro umanioare (language, literature, etc.) · et humanitaarained (language, literature, etc.) · de Humanwissenschaften (language, literature, etc.) · es humanidades (language, literature, etc.) · tr beşerî bilimler (language, literature, etc.) · pl nauki humanistyczne (language, literature, etc.) · th ศิลปศาสตร์ (language, literature, etc.) · is hugvísindi (language, literature, etc.) · vi khoa học nhân văn (language, literature, etc.) · fo hugvísindi (language, literature, etc.) · nl geesteswetenschappen (language, literature, etc.) · ja 人文学 (language, literature, etc.) · ja 人文科学 (language, literature, etc.) · hu humán tárgyak (language, literature, etc.) · nb humaniora (language, literature, etc.) · el θεωρητικές επιστήμες (language, literature, etc.) · tl katuruang-tao (language, literature, etc.) · eo homa scienco (language, literature, etc.) · sv humaniora (language, literature, etc.)