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/
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

Finnish: skolastikko (fi)
French: scolastique (fr)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skolastiker m

Nynorsk: skolastikar m

Spanish: escolástico (es) m

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.

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Translations

of or relating to school, academic

Finnish: koulu- (fi); akateeminen (fi)
French: scolaire (fr)

Spanish: escolar (es)

of or relating to scholasticism

Dutch: scholatisch
Finnish: skolastinen (fi)

French: scolastique (fr)
Spanish: escolástico (es)

pedantic, formal

Finnish: skolastinen (fi)

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