Music, theatre, film, dance, and other performing arts, as well as literature, and other media such as interactive media are included in a broader definition of art or the arts.

But using a broader definition, such as Frederick Streng's characterization of religion as " a means of ultimate transformation ", Confucianism could be described as a " sociopolitical doctrine having religious qualities.

The term's correct definition is broader, since a fatwā may concern any aspect of individual life, social norms, religion, war, peace, jihad, and politics.

There is also a broader definition, as described by Marc Bloch ( 1939 ), that includes not only warrior nobility but all three estates of the realm: the nobility, the clerics, and the peasantry bonds of manorialism ; this is sometimes referred to as a " feudal society ".

Travis Jackson has also proposed a broader definition of jazz which is able to encompass all of the radically different eras: he states that it is music that includes qualities such as " swinging ", improvising, group interaction, developing an ' individual voice ', and being ' open ' to different musical possibilities ".

Unlike the earlier leftist focus on union activism, the " New Left " instead adopted a broader definition of political activism commonly called social activism.

The lower-case usage arose from technological development having rendered the original definition imprecise, because contemporary masers emit electromagnetic waves not just at microwave frequencies, but rather across a broader band of the electromagnetic spectrum.

MPEG-2 standard was considerably broader in scope and of wider appeal – supporting interlacing and high definition.

Like " utilitarian " and " pragmatic ", the word " meritocratic " has also developed a broader definition, and can be used to refer to any government run by " a ruling or influential class of educated or able people.

Under a broader definition ( including people that have given up searching for employment ) unemployment rose from 36. 7 % in 2004 to 51. 2 % in 2008.

Merritt Ruhlen notes that this definition is not properly taxonomic but amorphous, since there are broader and narrower degrees of relatedness, and moreover, some linguists who broadly accept the concept ( such as Greenberg and Ruhlen himself ) have criticised the name as reflecting the ethnocentrism frequent among Europeans at the time.

This broader definition distinguishes open content from open source software, since the latter must be available for commercial use and adaptation by the public.

Even the broader definition of " carbon-containing molecules " requires the exclusion of carbon-containing alloys ( including steel ), a relatively small number of carbon-containing compounds such as metal carbonates and carbonyls, simple oxides of carbon and cyanides, as well as the allotropes of carbon and simple carbon halides and sulfides, which are usually considered to be inorganic.

By this broader definition the two-round system is not the only form of run-off voting, and others include the exhaustive ballot and instant run-off voting ( also known as the alternative vote ).

It goes beyond architecture ’ s definition of ‘ making buildings ’ and reaches out for global views on architecture and design, broader attitudes to social structures, and creating environments to live in.

Under the broader definition, racial profiling occurs whenever police routinely use race as a factor that, along with an accumulation of other factors, causes an officer to react with suspicion and take action.

The UNRWA has a much broader definition of " refugee " than the UNCHR, including not only refugees themselves but their descendants in perpetuity ; however, it only covers refugees stemming from the 1948 and 1967 Arab-Israeli wars.

In the broader definition of the genre, the first famous Western fairy tales are those of Aesop ( 6th century BC ) in ancient Greece.

As a result of the difficulty and subjectiveness of such distinctions, trade organizations such as the International Colored Gemstone Association ( ICA ) have adopted the broader definition for ruby which encompasses its lighter shades, including pink.

Under this broader definition, the earliest known sharks date from more than 420 million years ago.

An even broader definition was used in the 1975 Declaration of Tokyo regarding the participation of medical professionals in acts of torture:

Whether one adopts the narrower zoological definition of domestication or the broader cultural definition that rests on an array of zoological and archaeological evidence affects the time frame chosen for domestication of the horse.

However, modern geophysics organizations use a broader definition that includes the hydrological cycle including snow and ice ; fluid dynamics of the oceans and the atmosphere ; electricity and magnetism in the ionosphere and magnetosphere and solar-terrestrial relations ; and analogous problems associated with the Moon and other planets.

A broader definition of acid dissociation includes hydrolysis, in which protons are produced by the splitting of water molecules.

Current Lesser Poland Voivodeship, however, covers only small part of the broader ancient Małopolska region which, together with Greater Poland ( Wielkopolska ) and Silesia ( Śląsk ), formed the early medieval Polish state.

In recent years, the term DIY has taken on a broader meaning that covers a wide range of skill sets.

The postcode " W11 ", centred on the Post Office in Westbourne Grove, near the junction with Denbigh Road, is the one most closely associated with Notting Hill, although the postcode immediately to the north, " W10 ", covers that part of North Kensington which would fall within a broader definition.

E-business covers a broader definiton and includes e-commerce, customer relations management ( CRM ), business partnerships, " e-learning and conducting electronic transactions within an organization ".

Each level follows a format whereby a number of credits gained lead to an Award ( which develops basic skills and knowledge appropriate to that level ), Certificate ( covers a broader area and builds on knowledge gained in the award ), and Diploma ( where a comprehensive range of skills and knowledge are gained.

The duty of confidentiality is much broader than the attorney-client evidentiary privilege, which only covers communications between the attorney and the client.

" The EU's definition of an orphan condition is broader than that of the USA, in that it also covers some tropical diseases that are primarily found in developing nations.

Some music critics argue that Carpenter's style covers a range of influences even broader than those from " country " and " folk.

These covers were popular with a much broader audience.

The narrower interpretation is correct in database theory ; the broader covers the term as generally used.

The Society covers a broader selection of fields than the Royal Society of London including literature and history.

She has been featured both in the Pirelli Calendar 2001 and 2006 and in broader market publications such as TIME, Vanity Fair, Forbes, Newsweek and Veja, more than 600 magazine covers throughout the world.

In a broader context, the series covers the effects of death and the consequences of not being able to die, as well as the meanings behind living.

Later on, the application of biological and chemical knowledge to cooking has become known as molecular gastronomy, yet gastronomy covers a much broader, interdisciplinary ground.

The full-color magazine format, which was a first for Marvel, allowed for a broader range of color than the traditional three-color printing process, and many of the stories, and all the covers, were painted.

This category covers the cultural movement known as Romanticism, which in broader terms ran from approximately 1770-1850.

Similar chart showing the velocity of a broader measure of money that covers M2 plus large institutional deposits, M3.

This category covers broader geographical regions of Tasmania

It has become closely associated with broader management liability insurance, which covers liabilities of the corporation as well as the personal liabilities for the directors and officers of the corporation.

It is therefore a part of two Natura 2000 areas of protection and the focus of the Inner Carniola Regional Park, which covers additional Natura 2000 areas in the broader region.