Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term 'humanities' referred to the study of classical literature and language, as opposed to the study of religion or 'divinity.' The study of the humanities was a key part of the secular curriculum in universities at the time. Today, the humanities are more frequently defined as any fields of study outside of natural sciences, social sciences, formal sciences, and applied sciences. They use methods that are primarily critical, speculative, or interpretative and have a significant historical element—as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of science.

मानविकी वे शैक्षणिक विषय हैं जिनमें प्राकृतिक और सामाजिक विज्ञानों के मुख्यतः अनुभवजन्य दृष्टिकोणों के विपरीत, मुख्य रूप से विश्लेषणात्मक, आलोचनात्मक या काल्पनिक विधियों का इस्तेमाल कर मानवीय स्थिति का अध्ययन किया जाता है।