Arts (Noun)
Meaning
Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The school offered degrees in arts with various options for specialization in subjects like history, philosophy, and languages.
- Liberal arts were considered essential subjects that every student was required to take as part of the curriculum.
- The arts graduate went on to earn a master's degree in linguistics, adding to her growing collection of credentials.
- The curriculum of arts at the university placed equal emphasis on theoretical and practical knowledge in music, dance, and theater.
- Freshmen students were required to take introductory courses in arts to develop critical thinking, writing, and research skills.
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Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Trivium
- Stemmatology
- Library Science
- Art History
- Beaux Arts
- Classicism
- Performing Arts
- Classicalism
- Philosophy
- Interior Design
- English
- Linguistics
- Fine Arts
- Quadrivium
- Philology
- Orientalism
- Romantic Movement
- Musicology
- Neoclassicism
- Occidentalism
- Chronology
- Stemmatics
- Literary Study
- History
- Oriental Studies
- Sinology
- Romanticism