Meaning

3 senses

  1. Of or relating to school; academic

    This award is for the greatest scholastic achievement by a graduating student.

    akademisch

    of or relating to schools

  2. Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism

    scholastisch

    of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism

  3. Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.

    scholastisch

Examples

4 sentences

  1. He exceeds all his brothers in scholastic ability.

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  2. Tom is very scholastic.

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  3. With Renaissance, scholastic ideas gave place to positive ideas.

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  4. The Scholastic Aptitude Test measures one's mathematical ability and use of the English language.

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Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 2
of or relating to school, academic:
of or relating to scholasticism:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French scholastique, from Latin scholasticus, from Ancient Greek σχολ

Borrowed from Middle French scholastique, from Latin scholasticus, from Ancient Greek σχολαστικός (skholastikós).

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Forms

more scholastic, most scholastic
Comparativemore scholastic Lesson
Superlativemost scholastic Lesson

regular

Word family

8 related words
RelatedscholarB1academicB1school
DerivedscholasticismB2neo-scholasticscholasticallyscholasticideunscholastic

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scholarB1scholarlyC2scholarshipB1schoolA1schoolbagschoolbook
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