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1. (n.pl.) liberal arts
academic college courses providing general knowledge and comprising the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences.
2. liberal arts
(during the Middle Ages) studies comprising the quadrivium and trivium.
Etymology: (1745–55; trans. of L artēs līberālēs works befitting a free man)
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1. (noun) humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts
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. (noun) liberal arts
school subjects intended to teach higher thinking skills as opposed to practical skills
a liberal arts degree
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