scholastic

adj.

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.

n.

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.]

scholastically scho·las'ti·cal·ly adv.

adjective

Characterized by a narrow concern for book learning and formal rules, without knowledge or experience of practical matters: academic, bookish, donnish, formalistic, inkhorn, literary, pedantic, pedantical. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, flexible/rigid, teach/learn.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
  Synonyms: pedant, bookworm

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The adjective scholastic has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: of or relating to schools
  Pertains to noun: school (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism
  Pertains to noun: scholasticism (meaning #1)

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Common misspelling(s) of scholastic

• scholarstic

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skolastisk, skole-, akademisk, pedantisk
n. - skolastiker

Nederlands (Dutch)
schools, schoolmeesterachtig, scholasticus

Français (French)
adj. - (Philos) scolastique, scolaire
n. - (Philos, Relig) scolastique

Deutsch (German)
n. - Scholastiker
adj. - akademisch, wissenschaftlich, scholastisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φιλοσ.) σχολαστικός φιλόσοφος
adj. - εκπαιδευτικός, σχολαστικός

Italiano (Italian)
scolastico, formalista

Português (Portuguese)
n. - escolástico (m), professor de universidade medieval (m), pedante (m)
adj. - escolástico, acadêmico, pedantesco

Русский (Russian)
схоласт, схоластик, педант, традиционалист, школьный, преподавательский, схоластический, формальный, имеющий образование

Español (Spanish)
adj. - escolástico, pedante
n. - escolástico, pedante, académico, escolar, estudiantil, persona partidaria del escolasticismo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skolastiker
adj. - skol-, skolmässig, lärar-, pedagogisk, pedantisk, formalistisk, skolastisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
学校的, 学者的, 学校教育的, 经院哲学家, 墨守成规者, 学究

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 學校的, 學者的, 學校教育的
n. - 經院哲學家, 墨守成規者, 學究

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 학교의, 학자풍의, 스콜라 학자의
n. - 스콜라 철학자, 현학자, 학생

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 学校の, スコラ哲学の, 学者ぶった

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألفيلسوف ألسكولاستي (صفه) خاص بالتعاليم ألسكولاستيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של אוניברסיטה, בית-ספר, חינוך הוראה וכו', למדני, דוגמטי, נוקדני‬
n. - ‮בעבר: תיאולוג הנוטה להוראה, תלמיד חכם, חבר במסדר דתי בדרגה שבין טירון לכומר‬

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