Skip to content

humanities

/hjuˈmæn.ɪ.tiz/noun4 syllables

Humanities means: studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).

Synonyms for humanities4

noun, as in studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

humanistic discipline, liberal arts, arts

also used for humanities

belles-lettres

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does humanities mean?1

noun

1

studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)“the college of arts and sciences”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Humanities in a sentence

  • The natural sciences are nomothetic, whereas the humanities are idiographic.unknown
  • The university has an emphasis on engineering, business management and humanities.CM
  • The study of philosophy belongs to the humanities.unknown
  • Do racist and colonialist democracies that commit war crimes and crimes against humanities exist?anushka
  • The teaching of humanities in Chile leaves much to be desired.marcelostockle
  • He is an authority on the humanities.CK
  • History is a branch of the humanities.qdii
  • History is one of the humanities.sundown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.