Synonyms for LITERATURE
ˈlɪt ər ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, ˈlɪ trə-lit·er·a·ture

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1. literature

   Literature is collective, including in the most general sense all the written or printed productions of the human mind in all lands and ages, or in a more limited sense, referring to all that has been published in some land or age, or in some department of human knowledge; as, the literature of Greece; the literature of the Augustan age; the literature of politics or of art. Literature, used absolutely, denotes what has been called "polite literature" or belles-lettres, i. e., the works collectively that embody taste, feeling, loftiness of thought, and purity and beauty of style, as poetry, history, fiction, and dramatic compositions, including also much of philosophical writing, as the "Republic" of Plato, and oratorical productions, as the orations of Demosthenes. In the broad sense, we can speak of the literature of science; in the narrower sense, we speak of literature and science as distinct departments of knowledge. Literature is also used to signify literary pursuits or occupations; as, to devote one's life to literature. Compare KNOWLEDGE; SCIENCE.

   Synonyms:
   belles-lettres, books, literary productions, literary works, publications, writings

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1. literature

   Synonyms:
   lore, erudition, reading, study, learning, attainment, scholarship, literary works

   Antonyms:
   genius, intuition, inspiration

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.5 / 6 votes

1. literaturenoun

   creative writing of recognized artistic value

   Synonyms:
   lit

2. literature, litnoun

   the humanistic study of a body of literature

   "he took a course in Russian lit"

   Synonyms:
   lit, literature

3. literaturenoun

   published writings in a particular style on a particular subject

   "the technical literature"; "one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature"

   Synonyms:
   lit

4. literaturenoun

   the profession or art of a writer

   "her place in literature is secure"

   Synonyms:
   lit

Matched Categories

1. • Literary Study
   • Literature
   • Profession
   • Writing

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1. literaturenoun

   Synonyms:
   learning, erudition, letters

2. literaturenoun

   Synonyms:
   the humanities, the muses, belles lettres, polite literature

3. literaturenoun

   Synonyms:
   literary productions, literary works

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1. List of paraphrases for "literature":

   literary, documentation, documentary, publications, bibliography, doctrine, documents, bibliographic, munhak, literatures, documentaries, backgrounders, books, backgrounder, works

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1. Helen Goodman:

   They should set out how they are positioned, the public should know who's putting money into the different campaigns and why they might be doing that - because that will inform their view of the literature and information they get.

2. Lewis Thomas:

   We pass the word around we ponder how the case is put by different people, we read the poetry we meditate over the literature we play the music we change our minds we reach an understanding. Society evolves this way, not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human beings to comprehend each other.

3. Nick Loris:

   There's conflicting literature in the scientific community as to what this increased temperature and increased ocean temperature has done towards just the size and magnitude of hurricane, the reason that we keep hearing this isn't all too unsurprising, it's to have this emotion that we need action on climate change, particularly that we need to restrict the use of coal, oil and natural gas, which provide 80% of America's energy needs and provide 80% of the world's energy needs.

4. Eric Anderson:

   It is only by introducing the young to great literature, drama and music, and to the excitement of great science that we open to them the possibilities that lie within the human spirit -- enable them to see visions and dream dreams.

5. George Bernard Shaw:

   What we call education and culture is for the most part nothing but the substitution of reading for experience, of literature for life, of the obsolete fictitious for the contemporary real.