liberal arts

noun
🔊/ˌlɪbərəl ˈɑːts/
🔊/ˌlɪbərəl ˈɑːrts/
[plural] (especially North American English)
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  1. subjects of study that develop students’ general knowledge and ability to think, rather than their technical skills文科
    • a liberal arts college文理学院
    Topics Educationc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryLiberal arts is used before these nouns:
    • college
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    Word Originliberal, as distinct from servile or mechanical (i.e. involving manual labour) and originally referring to arts and sciences considered “worthy of a free man”; later the word related to general intellectual development rather than vocational training.