Word Meaning

scholastic definition and meaning

a. Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning.
a. Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy.
a. Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
n. One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools.
n. See the Note under Jesuit.

Crossword clues for scholastic

- Academic