social science

humanistic science; humanities

field, sphere (of work), area (of study) / the area of one person's focus of work or study

study of something; the sum of knowledge accrued by scholars; the realm of refined learning; scholarship

to study, to engage in scholarship

the humanities

human, person, human being / personality, character / (Buddhism) literally meaning: "human society", referring to one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhist cosmology.

(archaic) the world in which people live; the world, society

(dated, rare) a place devoid of people

culture