The study of philosophy belongs to the humanities.
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Humanities
//hjuˈmæn.ɪ.tiz//
Synonyms for "humanities" (33 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (16)
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8 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
9 entriesderived
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas property
1 entriesmeronym
6 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 32 languages.
Burmese
1 entries- ဝိဇ္ဇာပညာ noun (language, literature, etc.)
Catalan
1 entries- humanitats noun (language, literature, etc.)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 人文科學 /人文科学 noun (language, literature, etc.)
Danish
1 entries- humaniora noun (language, literature, etc.)
Dutch
1 entries- geesteswetenschappen noun (language, literature, etc.)
Esperanto
1 entries- homa scienco noun (language, literature, etc.)
Estonian
2 entries- humaniora noun (language, literature, etc.)
- humanitaarained noun (language, literature, etc.)
Faroese
1 entries- hugvísindi noun (language, literature, etc.)
Finnish
1 entries- humanismi noun (language, literature, etc.)
French
1 entries- sciences humaines noun (language, literature, etc.)
German
2 entries- Geisteswissenschaften noun (language, literature, etc.)
- Humanwissenschaften noun (language, literature, etc.)
Greek
2 entries- ανθρωπιστικές επιστήμες noun (language, literature, etc.)
- θεωρητικές επιστήμες noun (language, literature, etc.)
Hindi
1 entries- मानविकी noun (language, literature, etc.)
Hungarian
1 entries- humán tárgyak noun (language, literature, etc.)
Icelandic
1 entries- hugvísindi noun (language, literature, etc.)
Indonesian
1 entries- humaniora noun (language, literature, etc.)
Italian
1 entries- scienze umanistiche noun (language, literature, etc.)
Japanese
2 entries- 人文学 noun (language, literature, etc.)
- 人文科学 noun (language, literature, etc.)
Korean
1 entries- 인문학 noun (language, literature, etc.)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- humaniora noun (language, literature, etc.)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- humaniora noun (language, literature, etc.)
Polish
2 entries- humanistyka noun (language, literature, etc.)
- nauki humanistyczne noun (language, literature, etc.)
Portuguese
1 entries- humanas noun (language, literature, etc.)
Romanian
1 entries- umanioare noun (language, literature, etc.)
Russian
1 entries- гуманита́рные нау́ки noun (language, literature, etc.)
Slovak
1 entries- spoločenské vedy noun (language, literature, etc.)
Spanish
2 entries- humanidades noun (language, literature, etc.)
- letras humanas noun (language, literature, etc.)
Swedish
1 entries- humaniora noun (language, literature, etc.)
Tagalog
1 entries- katuruang-tao noun (language, literature, etc.)
Thai
1 entries- ศิลปศาสตร์ noun (language, literature, etc.)
Turkish
1 entries- beşerî bilimler noun (language, literature, etc.)
Vietnamese
1 entries- khoa học nhân văn noun (language, literature, etc.)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
He is an authority on the humanities.
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History is a branch of the humanities.
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The natural sciences are nomothetic, whereas the humanities are idiographic.
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