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noun
Training or education that focuses on utilitarian skills, aimed towards employability rather than the development of a free individual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Synonyms: artes mechanicae, artes serviles, mechanical arts
Antonyms: liberal arts
History
Calque of Latin artēs servīlēs.
