Scholasticize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To fit into the framework of scholasticism.
"Attempting to force a theory of abstraction into Augustine's theory of knowledge, these interpreters tend to scholasticize Augustine at the expense of his Platonism."
- 2 To make excessively formal, rigid, or pedantic.
"Now, in the post-Reformation polemical situation, Beza tended to rigidify and scholasticize many of Calvin's positions."
- 3 To study, describe, or codify as an academic discipline.
"A man of adhesive intelligence and energy, at ease with strong words and bold actions, he did not merely scholasticize his ideas, he lived them."
Example
More examples"Attempting to force a theory of abstraction into Augustine's theory of knowledge, these interpreters tend to scholasticize Augustine at the expense of his Platonism."
Etymology
From scholastic + -ize.