English Explanatory Dictionary

servile arts

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Training or education that focuses on utilitarian skills, aimed towards employability rather than the development of a free individual.

Word forms

servile arts

Etymology

Calque of Latin artēs servīlēs.

Synonyms

artes mechanicae artes serviles mechanical arts

Antonyms

liberal arts
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