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Descriptor English: Humanities
Descriptor Spanish: Humanidades
Descriptor humanidades
Scope note: Campos de investigación en los constructos y las preocupaciones del ser humano en contraposición con los procesos naturales y las relaciones sociales. Tradicionalmente comprenden el estudio de la literatura, la filosofía y la religión.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ciências Humanas
Descriptor French: Sciences humaines
Tree number(s): K01
SH1.020.020.070
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006809
Scope note: Fields of inquiry in human constructs and concerns as opposed to natural processes and social relations. These are traditionally the study of literature, philosophy, and religion.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
DeCS ID: 6961
Unique ID: D006809
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/12/11
Humanities - Preferred
Concept UI M0010652
Scope note Fields of inquiry in human constructs and concerns as opposed to natural processes and social relations. These are traditionally the study of literature, philosophy, and religion.
Preferred term Humanities



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