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单词 liberal arts
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liberal arts

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plural noun

the academic course of instruction at a college intended to provide general knowledge and comprising the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences, as opposed to professional or technical subjects.
(during the Middle Ages) studies comprising the quadrivium and trivium, including arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music, grammar, rhetoric, and logic.

Origin of liberal arts

1745–55; translation of Latin artēs līberālēs works befitting a free man

Words nearby liberal arts

libel tourist, liber, Libera, Liberace, liberal, liberal arts, Liberal Democrat, Liberal Democrats, liberal education, liberal elite, Liberalia
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Example sentences from the Web for liberal arts

  • In the single digits were liberal-arts majors (8 percent), visual and performing arts (5 percent) and engineering (7 percent).

    America’s Clouded College Thinking|Lauren Streib|July 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
  • The premise of a liberal-arts education is the idea that school is there for something more than earning power.

    Did My Education Cost Too Much?|Jessica Feldman|September 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
  • He was a liberal-arts student but had this idea for a project over at MIT involving solid rocket fuel.

    The Harvard Psychedelic Club|Don Lattin|January 9, 2010|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for liberal arts

liberal arts

pl n

the fine arts, humanities, sociology, languages, and literatureOften shortened to: arts
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for liberal arts (1 of 2)

liberal arts

The areas of learning that cultivate general intellectual ability rather than technical or professional skills. The term liberal arts is often used as a synonym for humanities, although the liberal arts also include the sciences. The word liberal comes from the Latin liberalis, meaning suitable for a free man, as opposed to a slave.

Cultural definitions for liberal arts (2 of 2)

liberal arts

The areas of learning that cultivate general intellectual ability rather than technical or professional skills. Liberal arts is often used as a synonym for humanities, because literature, languages, history, and philosophy are often considered the primary subjects of the liberal arts. The term liberal arts originally meant arts suitable for free people (libri in Latin) but not for slaves.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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