Antonyms for arts

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ahrt

Phonetic Transcription : ɑrt

Definition of arts

Origin : early 13c., "skill as a result of learning or practice," from Old French art (10c.), from Latin artem (nominative ars) "work of art; practical skill; a business, craft," from PIE *ar-ti- (cf. Sanskrit rtih "manner, mode;" Greek arti "just," artios "complete, suitable," artizein "to prepare;" Latin artus "joint;" Armenian arnam "make;" German art "manner, mode"), from root *ar- "fit together, join" (see arm (n.1)).
In Middle English usually with a sense of "skill in scholarship and learning" (c.1300), especially in the seven sciences, or liberal arts. This sense remains in Bachelor of Arts, etc. Meaning "human workmanship" (as opposed to nature) is from late 14c. Sense of "cunning and trickery" first attested c.1600. Meaning "skill in creative arts" is first recorded 1610s; especially of painting, sculpture, etc., from 1660s. Broader sense of the word remains in artless.
Fine arts, "those which appeal to the mind and the imagination" first recorded 1767. Expression art for art's sake (1824) translates French l'art pour l'art. First record of art critic is from 1847. Arts and crafts "decorative design and handcraft" first attested in the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, founded in London, 1888.
Supreme art is a traditional statement of certain heroic and religious truths, passed on from age to age, modified by individual genius, but never abandoned. The revolt of individualism came because the tradition had become degraded, or rather because a spurious copy had been accepted in its stead. [William Butler Yeats]

noun skill, creativity
noun cunning
noun creation meant to communicate or appeal to senses or mind

Example sentences :

Our country abounds in the necessaries, the arts, and the comforts of life.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

I have no subterfuges, no arts, no intentions, but to keep to the letter of them.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Fortunately, there are arts that cannot be cut off from the people by bad performances.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

Shakespeare is perfectly willing to depict Hotspur as scorning the arts.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

How much better do the English understand the arts of vengeance!
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Have they undergone a similar change, through the arts of this wicked Circe?
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The arts, as well as the arms of the enemy, were gaining the ascendancy there.
Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey

You ask what England has gained by her progress in the arts?
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

For with the aid of fire all things are possible, all arts are perfected.
Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody

He was a master of two arts, and to these he had devoted himself wholly.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

Synonyms for arts

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