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scholasticism |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scholasticism \Scho*las"ti*cism\, n. The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy. The spirit of the old scholasticism . . . spurned laborious investigation and slow induction. --J. P. Smith. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: scholasticism n 1: the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers 2: orthodoxy of a scholastic variety [syn: {academicism}, {academism}]
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