1. Of or relating to schools; academic.
2. often Scholastic Of, relating to, or characteristic of Scholasticism.
3. Adhering rigidly to scholarly methods; pedantic. See synonyms at pedantic.

1. often Scholastic A Scholastic philosopher or theologian.
2. A dogmatist; a pedant.

[Latin scholasticus, from Greek skholastikos, learned, studious, from skholazein, to study, from skholē, school.]

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