humanities

humanities
pl
(тж arts) гуманита́рные нау́ки

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  • Humanities —   [hjuː mænɪtɪːz], Liberal Arts [ lɪbərəl ɑːts], englische Bezeichnung für die Geisteswissenschaften …   Universal-Lexikon

  • humanities — 1702; plural of HUMANITY (Cf. humanity), which was used in English from late 15c. in a sense class of studies concerned with human culture (opposed variously at different times to divinity or sciences). Latin literae humaniores, they were those… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Humanities — The humanities are academic disciplines which study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytic, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural and social sciences. Examples of… …   Wikipedia

  • humanities — Branches of knowledge that investigate human beings, their culture, and their self expression. Distinguished from the physical and biological sciences and, sometimes, from the social sciences, the humanities include the study of languages and… …   Universalium

  • Humanities — Humanity Hu*man i*ty, n.; pl. {Humanities}. [L. humanitas: cf. F. humanit[ e]. See {Human}.] 1. The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings. [1913 Webster] 2. Mankind collectively; the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Humanities — Der Begriff der Humanities ist eine im englischen Sprachraum verbreitete Wissenschaftskategorisierung. Er ist nicht mit dem Begriff der Humanwissenschaften identisch und umfasst jene Wissenschaften, die sich mit der Conditio Humana… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • humanities —    The liberal arts the non scientific branches of study, such as philosophy, history, literature, and the arts, that are concerned with human thought and culture. On the other hand, Wilhelm Dilthey (1833 1911, German historian, psychologist,… …   Glossary of Art Terms

  • humanities — noun the humanities subjects of study such as literature, history, philosophy etc …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • humanities — plural noun if higher education becomes any more driven by corporate objectives, the humanities will be grappling for survival Syn: arts, liberal arts, literature, philosophy; classics, classical studies, classical literature …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • Humanities in the United States — refers to the study of humanities disciplines, such as literature, history, language, performing and visual arts or philosophy, in the United States of America.OverviewMany American colleges and universities believe in the notion of a broad… …   Wikipedia

  • Humanities College — Humanities Colleges were introduced as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, humanities. Schools that successfully apply to the… …   Wikipedia


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