humanities

study of human culture and society
Intangible academic_discipline Q80083
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humanities

Summary

humanities is an academic discipline[1]. humanities ranks in the top 4% of academic_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,705 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • humanities's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3].
  • humanities's instance of is recorded as academic major[4].
  • humanities's instance of is recorded as class[5].
  • humanities's instance of is recorded as field of study[6].
  • humanities's instance of is recorded as field of study[7].
  • humanities is a type of social sciences and humanities[8].
  • humanities's Commons category is recorded as Humanities[9].
  • humanities's said to be the same as is recorded as human science[10].
  • humanities comprises anthropology[11].
  • humanities comprises archaeology[12].
  • humanities comprises classics[13].
  • humanities comprises history[14].
  • humanities comprises linguistics[15].
  • humanities comprises political philosophy[16].
  • humanities comprises literary theory[17].
  • humanities comprises philosophy[18].
  • humanities comprises religious studies[19].
  • humanities comprises arts[20].
  • humanities's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Humanities[21].
  • humanities's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Humanities[22].
  • humanities's partially coincident with is recorded as Geisteswissenschaften[23].
  • humanities's partially coincident with is recorded as social studies[24].
  • humanities's partially coincident with is recorded as social science[25].
  • humanities's topic has template is recorded as Template:Humanities[26].
  • humanities's has characteristic is recorded as faculty of humanities[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include academic discipline[3], academic major[4], class[5], and field of study[6]. humanities is a type of social sciences and humanities[8].

Use and Application

Components include anthropology[11], an academic discipline[28]; archaeology[12], an academic discipline[29]; classics[13], an academic discipline[30]; history[14]; linguistics[15], an academic discipline[31]; and political philosophy[16], a branch of philosophy[32].

Why It Matters

humanities ranks in the top 4% of academic_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,705 views/month).[2] humanities has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] humanities is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 20d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Practiced by humanities scholar
    Aliases
    Is the study of language, literature, art +3
    Has parts
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