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scholastic definition

scho·las·tic (skə las′tik)

adjective

  1. of schools, colleges, universities, students, teachers, and studies; educational; academic
  2. of or characteristic of scholasticism
  3. pedantic, dogmatic, formal, etc.
  4. of secondary schools scholastic football games
Also scholastical scho·las′·ti·cal

Etymology: L scholasticus < Gr scholastikos < scholazein, to devote one's leisure to study, be at leisure < scholē: see school

noun

  1. a student or scholar, esp. in a scholasticate
  2. schoolman (sense )
  3. a person who is devoted to logical subtleties and quibblings; pedant
  4. a person who favors Scholasticism

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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