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HUMANITIES
Noun
humanities
plural of humanity
humanities pl (plural only)
(obsolete) synonym of classical studies: the study of Ancient Greek and Latin, their literature, etc.
The study of language, literature, the arts, and philosophy, sometimes including religion
Synonyms
• (language, literature, etc.): belles-lettres (obsolete)
Source: Wiktionary
HUMANITY
Hu*man"i*ty, n.; pl. Humanities. Etym: [L. humanitas: cf. F. humanité. See Human.]
1. The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.
2. Mankind collectively; the human race. But hearing oftentimes The still, and music humanity. Wordsworth. It is a debt we owe to humanity. S. S. Smith.
3. The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness. "The common offices of humanity and friendship." Locke.
4. Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature. Polished with humanity and the study of witty science. Holland.
5. pl. (With definite article)
Definition: The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.
Note: The cultivation of the languages, literature, history, and archæology of Greece and Rome, were very commonly called literæ humaniores, or, in English, the humanities, . . . by way of opposition to the literæ divinæ, or divinity. G. P. Marsh.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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