Definition of literature
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Literature (n.) The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry..
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Dilettanteism ::
Dilettanteism (n.) The state or quality of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature..
Cultivator ::
Cultivator (n.) One who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature..
Classical ::
Classical (n.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds..
Vandal ::
Vandal (n.) One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous and fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome in the 5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art and literature..
Academician ::
Academician (n.) A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts..
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..
Vandalism ::
Vandalism (n.) The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction or defacement of their monuments..
Introduction ::
Introduction (n.) A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature..
Humanity ::
Humanity (n.) Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.
Aramaic ::
Aramaic (a.) Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramaean; -- specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee..
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..
Scholarship ::
Scholarship (n.) The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning.
Antiquarian ::
Antiquarian (a.) Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature..
Journalistic ::
"Journalistic (a.) Pertaining to journals or to journalists; contained in, or characteristic of, the public journals; as journalistic literature or enterprise..
Mannerism ::
Mannerism (n.) Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art..
Gymnasium ::
Gymnasium (n.) A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of this kind.
Sinology ::
Sinology (n.) That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of the Chinese, their language, literature, etc..
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