Definitions for humanities
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1. humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, artsnoun

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

   "the college of arts and sciences"

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1. humanitiesnoun

   the branch of learning that includes the arts, classics, philosophy and history etc., but not the sciences

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1. Humanities

   Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the time. Today, the humanities are more frequently defined as any fields of study outside of natural sciences, social sciences, formal sciences (like mathematics) and applied sciences (or professional training). They use methods that are primarily critical, or speculative, and have a significant historical element—as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences; yet, unlike the sciences, there is no general history of humanities as a distinct discipline in its own right.The humanities include the studies of foreign languages, history, philosophy, language arts (literature, writing, oratory, rhetoric, poetry, etc.), performing arts (theater, music, dance, etc.), and visual arts (painting, sculpture, photography, filmmaking, etc.); culinary art or cookery is interdisciplinary and may be considered both a humanity and a science. Some definitions of the humanities include law and religion, but these are not universally accepted. Although anthropology, archaeology, geography, linguistics, logic, and sociology share some similarities with the humanities, these are widely considered sciences; similarly economics, finance, and political science are not typically considered humanities. Scholars in the humanities are called humanities scholars or sometimes humanists. (The term humanist also describes the philosophical position of humanism, which antihumanist scholars in the humanities reject. Renaissance scholars and artists are also known as humanists.) Some secondary schools offer humanities classes usually consisting of literature, global studies, and art. Human disciplines like history and language mainly use the comparative method and comparative research. Other methods used in the humanities include hermeneutics, source criticism, esthetic interpretation, and speculative reason.

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1. humanities

   The humanities refer to the academic disciplines that study human society, culture, and history. This may include areas like literature, philosophy, art, music, linguistics, history, religion, and others. It involves a critical, analytical, and speculative approach to understanding human experiences both individually and collectively. The humanities seek to understand and interpret the human experience from a diverse range of perspectives.

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1. Humanities

   of Humanity

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1. Humanities

   The humanities are academic disciplines that study human culture, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, and having a significant historical element, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences. The humanities include ancient and modern languages, literature, philosophy, religion, and visual and performing arts such as music and theatre. The humanities that are also sometimes regarded as social sciences include history, anthropology, area studies, communication studies, cultural studies, law and linguistics. Scholars working in the humanities are sometimes described as "humanists". However, that term also describes the philosophical position of humanism, which some "antihumanist" scholars in the humanities reject. Some secondary schools offer humanities classes, usually consisting of English literature, global studies, and art. Human disciplines like history, cultural anthropology and psychoanalysis study subject matters to which the experimental method does not apply, and they have access instead to the comparative method and comparative research.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of humanities in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of humanities in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of humanities in a Sentence

1. Camille Paglia:

   A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy.

2. Richard Phillips Feynman:

   The theoretical broadening which comes from having many humanities subjects on the campus is offset by the general dopiness of the people who study these things...

3. Stephen Schwarzman:

   For nearly 1,000 years, the study of the Humanities at Oxford has been core to western civilization and scholarship, we need to ensure that its insights and principles can be adapted to today's dynamic world.

4. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   America has not always been kind to its artists and scholars. Somehow the scientists always seem to get the penthouse while the arts and humanities get the basement.

5. Alfred L. Kroeber:

   Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=humanities
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Humanities
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanities
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humanities
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=humanities