English edit

Etymology edit

ultra- +‎ scholastic

Adjective edit

ultrascholastic (comparative more ultrascholastic, superlative most ultrascholastic)

  1. extremely scholastic
    • 1973, United States. Congress. House. Foreign Affairs, The Drought Crisis in the African Sahel: Hearing..., page 128:
      The orientation of education is toward the French-type ultrascholastic approach, which stresses unproductive and prestigious literary attainments, which are irrelevant to the development needs of a desperately poor pastoral and agricultural economy.