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 (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æstɪk

Noun

scholastic (plural scholastics)

1. (philosophy) A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.

Translations

philosophy: member of scholasticism

• Bulgarian: схоластик m (sholastik)
• Finnish: skolastikko (fi)
• French: scolastique (fr)
• German: Scholastiker m, Scholastikerin f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skolastiker m

  Nynorsk: skolastikar m

• Portuguese: escolástico (pt)
• Spanish: escolástico (es) m

Adjective

scholastic (comparative more scholastic, superlative most scholastic)

1. Of or relating to school; academic

   This award is for the greatest scholastic achievement by a graduating student.

2. (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:

     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

3. Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.

Derived terms

• neo-scholastic
• scholasticism
• scholastically

Related terms

• scholar
• academic

Translations

of or relating to school, academic

• Bulgarian: училищен (bg) (učilišten)
• Finnish: koulu- (fi); akateeminen (fi)
• French: scolaire (fr)
• German: akademisch (de)
• Spanish: escolar (es)

of or relating to scholasticism

• Bulgarian: схоластичен (bg) (sholastičen)
• Dutch: scholatisch
• Finnish: skolastinen (fi)
• French: scolastique (fr)
• German: scholastisch (de)
• Spanish: escolástico (es)

pedantic, formal

• Bulgarian: ограничен (bg) (ograničen)
• Finnish: skolastinen (fi)
• German: scholastisch (de)