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literary science

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

In many European countries, all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature, including history of literature, literary criticism, comparative literature, and literary theory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: գրականագիտություն (grakanagitutʻyun) — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Azerbaijani: ədəbiyyatşünaslıq — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Bashkir: әҙәбиәт ғилеме (əźəbiət ğileme) — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Belarusian: літаратуразна́ўства (litaraturaznáwstva) — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 文艺学 (wényìxué) — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Czech: literární věda — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Danish: litteraturvidenskab — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Danish: litteraturforskning — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Dutch: letterkunde — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Dutch: literatuurwetenschap — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Estonian: kirjandusteadus — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Finnish: kirjallisuustiede — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • German: Literaturwissenschaft — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Hungarian: irodalomtudomány — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Kazakh: әдебиеттану (ädebiettanu) — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Latvian: literatūrzinātne — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Polish: literaturoznawstwo — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Russian: литературове́дение (literaturovédenije) — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Slovak: literárna veda — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Spanish: ciencia de la literatura — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Swedish: litteraturvetenskap — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Tajik: адабиётшиносӣ (adabiyotšinosi) — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Tatar: әдәбият белеме (ädäbiyät beleme) — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Turkish: yazın bilimi — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Ukrainian: літературозна́вство (literaturoznávstvo) — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature
  • Uzbek: adabiyotshunoslik — all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature