literature

Noun

Meaning

Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.

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.

The class of writings distinguished for beauty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge; belles-lettres.

The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

poetry prose lit letters belles-lettres books writings printed matter texts written works science corpus book information material
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Antonyms

science technology equipment say elegy speech
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Hypernyms

writing profession piece of writing literary study written material

Hyponyms

historiography Sanskrit literature

Related terms

letter literary literacy literal literate

Phrases with the word

Speculum literature talmudic literature vedic literature jewish mystical literature obscene literature prose literature

Anagrams

literateur literatuer

Examples

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. André Maurois

Journalism is literature in a hurry. Matthew Arnold

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose. Margaret Atwood

Literature is a good staff but a bad crutch. English Proverb

Teach your descendants the two proper roads - literature and farming. Chinese Proverb

There are only two ways to reach the truth -- with literature and agriculture. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

literato literator literatuer literature recommendations literature review literature scholar