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SCHOLASTICISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Orthodoxy of a scholastic variety
Synonyms:
academicism; academism; scholasticism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("scholasticism" is a kind of...):
traditionalism; traditionality (strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Scholasticism" is a kind of...):
philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)
Domain member category:
natural virtue ((scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature)
Derivation:
scholastic (of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism)
