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liberal arts

liberal arts noun: the academic course of instruction intended to provide general knowledge and usually comprising the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences, as opposed to professional or technical subjects.

Noun

liberal arts pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The academic course of instruction intended to provide general knowledge and usually comprising the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences, as opposed to professional or technical subjects.
    Antonyms:
    artes mechanicae, artes serviles, mechanical arts, servile arts
  2. (plural, plural-only) The trivium and the quadrivium.

liberal arts meaning in Tagalog, Malay, Indonesian and Thai

liberal arts in Tagalog

academic course of instruction intended to provide general knowledge
malayang sining

liberal arts in Malay

academic course of instruction intended to provide general knowledge
sastera liberal, seni liberal

liberal arts in Indonesian

academic course of instruction intended to provide general knowledge
studi humanitas

liberal arts in Thai

academic course of instruction intended to provide general knowledge
ศิลปศาสตร์ sǐn-lá-bpà-sàat
More languagesFewer languages
liberal arts in Myanmar
ဝိဇ္ဇာပညာ wijjapa.nya

Antonyms of liberal arts

Origin of liberal arts

Calque of Latin artēs līberālēs.

Questions about liberal arts

What does liberal arts mean?
Liberal arts means the academic course of instruction intended to provide general knowledge and usually comprising the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences, as opposed to professional or technical subjects.
What is liberal arts in Tagalog?
Liberal arts in Tagalog is malayang sining. See Liberal arts meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is liberal arts?
Liberal arts is a noun.

Words near liberal arts in the dictionary

  1. liber
  2. liber amicorum
  3. Liber.
  4. Libera
  5. liberal
  6. liberal arts
  7. liberal conservatism
  8. liberal conservative
  9. liberal conservatives
  10. liberal democracies
  11. liberal democracy

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