scholastic
of or relating to the medieval schoolmen.
(sometimes initial capital letter) a schoolman, a disciple of the schoolmen, or an adherent of scholasticism.
a pedantic person.
Roman Catholic Church. a student in a scholasticate.
Origin of scholastic
1Other words from scholastic
- scho·las·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- an·ti·scho·las·tic, adjective, noun
- an·ti·scho·las·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- hy·per·scho·las·tic, adjective
- hy·per·scho·las·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- non·scho·las·tic, adjective
- non·scho·las·ti·cal, adjective
- non·scho·las·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- post·scho·las·tic, adjective
- pre·scho·las·tic, adjective
- pro·scho·las·tic, adjective
- pseu·do·scho·las·tic, adjective
- pseu·do·scho·las·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- qua·si-scho·las·tic, adjective
- qua·si-scho·las·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- sem·i·scho·las·tic, adjective
- sem·i·scho·las·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- un·scho·las·tic, adjective
- un·scho·las·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use scholastic in a sentence
He ultimately thought he had outgrown scholastic competition.
Inside the New Basketball League Paying High Schoolers Six-Figure Salaries | Sean Gregory/Atlanta | November 8, 2021 | TimeAs peers stacked their schedules with ambitious scholastic extracurriculars, Calandrelli maintained good grades and did activities she loved but, in her words, “wasn’t very good at.”
I had an idea for a movie and I had a meeting with scholastic Publishing because they have a movie division.
“There was a nice music to his writing,” says Lee Kravitz, his longtime editor at scholastic and then at Parade.
The Death of Co-Author of ‘Three Cups of Tea’ Is Ruled Suicide | Michael Daly | December 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe scholastic pitches finished, the campers returned to their doll designs.
Camp Fashion Design Draws Budding Designers To New York | Robin Givhan | July 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Museum shows about collectors are usually either scholastic social history or obvious sucking-up to future donors.
This study associates higher body mass with lower scholastic achievement.
We have seen enough elsewhere of the multiplication of Commentaries on the Sentences of the Lombard and other scholastic works.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) | Henry Osborn TaylorAt these early types of Poor Law schools the children received both scholastic and industrial training.
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney WebbThe mass of newspaper readers are not, in a scholastic sense, well-educated persons.
Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions | George S. BoutwellHis real education, as distinct from his scholastic one, had been immensely advanced thereby.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsIt is not the purpose of this volume to offer a mere textbook or a scholastic essay on historical events.
The Two Great Republics: Rome and the United States | James Hamilton Lewis
British Dictionary definitions for scholastic
/ (skəˈlæstɪk) /
of, relating to, or befitting schools, scholars, or education
pedantic or precise
(often capital) characteristic of or relating to the medieval Schoolmen
a student or pupil
a person who is given to quibbling or logical subtleties; pedant
(often capital) a disciple or adherent of scholasticism; Schoolman
a Jesuit student who is undergoing a period of probation prior to commencing his theological studies
the status and position of such a student
a formalist in art
Origin of scholastic
1Derived forms of scholastic
- scholastically, adverb
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