noun
humanities
hyoo-MAN-uh-teez/hjumˈænɪtiz/
Academic disciplines concerned with human culture.
Students in the humanities explore history, literature, philosophy, and human culture.
Etymology
The “human” studies concerned secular culture rather than divine subjects. That distinction underlies the use of humanities for literature, history, and related fields of study.
In context
in humanities and human sciences through a national network of eminent scientists from leading institutions the disciplines which will be focused are philosophy history Indian languages and culture
More examples
- The college requires every student to take a humanities course.
- She teaches literature in the humanities department.
- Studying the humanities helps us understand how people express their beliefs.
Forms
humanities
humanist noun — A scholar of literature and human culture.
Similar words
- liberal arts
- Includes mathematics and sciences alongside studies of human culture.