Scholastic

//skɵˈlasʈɪk// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of scholastic. alt-of
  3. 3
    a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit wordnet
  4. 4
    a Scholastic philosopher or theologian wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to school; academic

    "This award is for the greatest scholastic achievement by a graduating student."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of scholastic. alt-of
  3. 3
    Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism

    "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"

  4. 4
    Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to schools wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism wordnet

Synonyms

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schoolschoolmanabstruseacademicacademicianadherent

Example

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"He exceeds all his brothers in scholastic ability."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French scholastique, from Latin scholasticus, from Ancient Greek σχολαστικός (skholastikós).

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neo-scholastic

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