geesteswetenschap

Definitions of geesteswetenschap
  1. noun
    studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
    synonyms: alfawetenschap, alfawetenschappen, geesteswetenschappen, humaniora
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    classicisme, neoclassicisme
    revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
    classicisme, neoclassicisme
    a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms
    romantiek
    a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization
    gesch., geschiedenis, geschiedkunde, geschiedvorsing
    the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
    filosofie, levensbeschouwing, levensfilosofie, levensvisie, wereldbeschouwing, wijsbegeerte
    the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
    literatuurstudie
    the humanistic study of literature
    filologie, linguïstiek, taalbeschouwing, taalkunde, taalstudie, taalwetenschap
    the humanistic study of language and literature
    sinologie
    the study of Chinese history and language and culture
    ballet, dans, dansen, dansje
    taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
    schilderkunst
    creating a picture with paints
    beeldhouwwerk
    creating figures or designs in three dimensions
    architectuur, bouwkunde, bouwkunst, bouwstijl, bouwtrant
    the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings
    deontologie, ethica, ethiek, moraal, moraalfilosofie, moraaltheologie, plichtenleer, zedenkunde, zedenleer
    the philosophical study of moral values and rules
    aetiologie, etiologie
    the philosophical study of causation
    esthetica, esthetiek
    (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art)
    axiologie, waardeleer
    the study of values and value judgments
    jurisprudentie, rechtsgeleerdheid, rechtswetenschap
    the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
    metafysica
    the philosophical study of being and knowing
    dialectiek
    any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
    denkleer, logica
    the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
    epistemologie, kenleer, kennisleer, kennistheorie, wetenschapsfilosofie, wetenschapsleer, wetenschapstheorie
    the philosophical theory of knowledge
    letteren, letterkunde, literatuurwetenschap
    the humanistic study of a body of literature
    poëtica, poëzieleer, prosodie, versleer
    study of poetic works
    humaniora, klassieken
    study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome
    redekunde, redekunst, redeneerkunde, retorica
    study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
    lexicologie
    the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language
    transcendentalisme
    any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material
    type of:
    discipline, domein, gebied, onderdeel, sfeer, specialisme, terrein, vak, vakgebied, veld, vlak
    a branch of knowledge
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