scholastic
See also: Scholastic
English
Alternative forms
- Scholastic
- scholastick (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French scholastique, from Latin scholasticus, from Ancient Greek σχολαστικός (skholastikós).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /skəˈlæstɪk/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -æstɪk
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
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], OCLC 153628242:
- 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
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- Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
Derived terms
- scholasticism
- scholastically
Related terms
- scholar
- academic
Translations
of or relating to school, academic
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of or relating to scholasticism
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pedantic, formal
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