classicism vs humanities

classicism and humanities both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
classicism	Yes	No	No	No
humanities	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, humanities is a hypernym of classicism; that is, humanities is a word with a broader meaning than classicism:

classicism: a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms
humanities: studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

Other hypernyms of classicism include artistic style, idiom, arts, humanistic discipline, liberal arts.

classicism (noun)	humanities (noun)
a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms	studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)