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SCHOLASTIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("scholastic" is a kind of...):
bookman; scholar; scholarly person; student (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scholastic"):
purist (someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A Scholastic philosopher or theologian
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Scholastic" is a kind of...):
philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)
Derivation:
scholastic (of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to schools
Example:
scholastic year
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
school (an educational institution)
Derivation:
school (a building where young people receive education)
school (the process of being formally educated at a school)
school (an educational institution)
school (an educational institution's faculty and students)
school (the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism
Example:
scholastic philosophy
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Scholasticism (the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers)
Derivation:
Scholastic (a Scholastic philosopher or theologian)
Scholasticism (the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers)
