1. humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts, discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick
usage: studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences"
Noun
1. humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts, discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick
usage: the quality of being humane
2. humanity, humaneness
usage: the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood"
3. humanness, humanity, manhood, quality
usage: all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"