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Webster 1913 Edition
Scholastic
Scho-las′tic
,Adj.
[L.
scholasticus
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to have leisure, to give lectures, to keep a school, from [GREEK] leisure, a lecture, a school: cf. F. scholastique
, scolastique
. See School
.] 1.
Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike;
as,
. scholastic
manners or pride; scholastic
learningSir K. Digby.
2.
Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see
Schoolman
); as,
. scholastic
divinity or theology; scholastic
philosophyLocke.
3.
Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
Scho-las′tic
,Noun.
1.
One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools.
Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scholastic
SCHOLAS'TIC
,Definition 2024
Scholastic
Scholastic
See also: scholastic
English
Noun
Scholastic (plural Scholastics)
- Alternative letter-case form of scholastic
Adjective
Scholastic (comparative more Scholastic, superlative most Scholastic)
- Alternative letter-case form of scholastic
scholastic
scholastic
See also: Scholastic
English
Alternative forms
- Scholastic
- scholastick (archaic)
Noun
scholastic (plural scholastics)
- (philosophy) a member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian
Translations
philosophy: member of scholasticism
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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
- (Can we find and add a quotation of John Locke to this entry?)
- Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
of or relating to scholasticism
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pedantic, formal
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