humanities

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the study of subjects such as literature, language, history, and philosophy:

I've always been more interested in the humanities than the sciences.

She studied humanities at Yale.

Nobody can be considered fully educated if they don't have a strong grounding in the humanities.

The curriculum brings together aspects of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

These humanities courses require students to analyze complex texts.

literature, language, history, philosophy, and other subjects that are not a science, or the study of these subjects