Scholastic

noun

/skəˈlæstɪk/

Word Frequency: 2.7

Definitions

1.nounA member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.

2.adjectiveOf or relating to school; academic

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

3.adjectiveOf or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism

4.adjectiveCharacterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.

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