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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
Example:
it's quite an art
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("artistry" is a kind of...):
superior skill (more than ordinary ability)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "artistry"):
airmanship; aviation (the art of operating aircraft)
eristic (the art of logical disputation (especially if specious))
falconry (the art of training falcons to hunt and return)
fortification (the art or science of strengthening defenses)
homiletics (the art of preaching)
horology (the art of designing and making clocks)
minstrelsy (the art of a minstrel)
musicianship (artistry in performing music)
enology; oenology (the art of wine making)
puppetry (the art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows)
taxidermy (the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance)
telescopy (the art of making and using telescopes)
ventriloquism; ventriloquy (the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy))