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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French scholastique, from Latin scholasticus, from Ancient Greek σχολαστικός (skholastikós).
Pronunciation
Noun
scholastic (plural scholastics)
- (philosophy) A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.
Translations
philosophy: member of scholasticism
Adjective
scholastic (comparative more scholastic, superlative most scholastic)
- Of or relating to school; academic
This award is for the greatest scholastic achievement by a graduating student.
- (philosophy) Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism
1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. , London: Eliz Holt, for Thomas Basset, , →OCLC:And hence it is that men, even when they are baffled and silenced in this scholastic way, are seldom or never convinced , and so brought over to the conquering side
- Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
Derived terms
Translations
of or relating to school, academic
of or relating to scholasticism