Definition of literature

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Literature (n.) Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.

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Academy :: Academy (n.) A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology..
Earthdrake :: Earthdrake (n.) A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon.
Pragmatism :: Pragmatism (n.) The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method..
Revival :: Revival (n.) Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature..
Humanity :: Humanity (n.) Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.
Scylla :: Scylla (n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying Between Scylla and Charybdis, signifying a great peril on either hand..
Romanticism :: Romanticism (n.) A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; -- applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medi/val forms and methods in opposition to the so-called classical style..
Literatus :: Literatus (n.) A learned man; a man acquainted with literature; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Literature :: Literature (n.) Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.
Classic :: Classic (n.) One learned in the literature of Greece and Rome, or a student of classical literature..
Journalistic :: "Journalistic (a.) Pertaining to journals or to journalists; contained in, or characteristic of, the public journals; as journalistic literature or enterprise..
Unread :: Unread (a.) Not versed in literature; illiterate.
Flavor :: Flavor (n.) That quality which gives character to any of the productions of literature or the fine arts.
Sinologue :: Sinologue (n.) A student of Chinese; one versed in the Chinese language, literature, and history..
Cid :: Cid (n.) Chief or commander; in Spanish literature, a title of Ruy Diaz, Count of Bivar, a champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish royalty, in the 11th century..
Heresy :: Heresy (n.) An opinion held in opposition to the established or commonly received doctrine, and tending to promote a division or party, as in politics, literature, philosophy, etc.; -- usually, but not necessarily, said in reproach..
Sinology :: Sinology (n.) That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of the Chinese, their language, literature, etc..
Drama :: Drama (n.) Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.
Classical :: Classical (n.) Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style..
Humanist :: Humanist (n.) One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th century adopted the name Humanist as their distinctive title..
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