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adj
Of or relating to school; academic
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adj
Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism
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Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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adj
Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
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adj
Alternative letter-case form of scholastic.
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noun
A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.
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Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of scholastic.
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adjective
of or relating to schools
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adjective
of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism
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noun
a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
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Synonyms: pedant, bookworm
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Broader terms: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student
Narrower terms: purist
noun
a Scholastic philosopher or theologian
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Broader terms: philosopher
History
Borrowed from Middle French scholastique, from Latin scholasticus, from Ancient Greek σχολαστικός (skholastikós).
Across languages
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