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Scholasticism - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Scholasticism : (noun)
1: the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based
on Aristotle and the Church Fathers [syn: Scholasticism]
2: orthodoxy of a scholastic variety [syn: academicism, academism]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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