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Synonyms for scholastic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : skuh-las-tik |
| Phonetic Transcription : skəˈlæs tɪk |
Définition of scholastic
Origin :- 1590s, "of or pertaining to Scholastic theologians" (Churchmen in the Middle Ages whose theology and philosophy was based on Church Fathers and Aristotle), from Middle French scholastique (14c.), from Latin scholasticus "of a school," from Greek skholastikos "enjoying leisure; devoting one's leisure to learning," hence, as a noun, "a scholar," also in a bad sense, "a pedant; a simpleton," from skhola (see school (n.1)). In English, meaning "pertaining to schools or to school education" is from 1640s. As a noun from 1640s. Related: Scholastical (1530s in the "relating to a school" sense); scholastically.
- adj academic
- He cared little how much he imparted of scholastic knowledge.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- There is no attempt made to impart a scholastic interpretation to it.
- Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
- He brought with him also the scholastic type in use in 1499.
- Extract from : « A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 » by Henry R. Plomer
- Nancy and Jennie are climbing the scholastic 322hill together.
- Extract from : « A Little Miss Nobody » by Amy Bell Marlowe
- It draws within the sphere of its attraction both the scholastic and the unlearned.
- Extract from : « Hamlet » by William Shakespeare
- One of these is the scholastic objection and the other is the religious one.
- Extract from : « The Lost Art of Reading » by Gerald Stanley Lee
- For expression with us is not scholastic, but temperamental!
- Extract from : « The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance » by Paul Elmer More
- The comparison does injustice to the scholastic philosophers.
- Extract from : « Milton » by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh
- The next post brought a sad damper to my scholastic exultation.
- Extract from : « The Caxtons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- His education was that of one reared for some scholastic profession.
- Extract from : « Rienzi » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
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