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scholasticism

noun

  1. the system of logic, philosophy, and theology of medieval university scholars, or schoolmen, from the 10th to the 15th century, based upon Aristotelian logic, the writings of the early Christian fathers, and the authority of tradition and dogma
  2. insistence upon traditional doctrines and methods

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