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   scholastic

   /skəˈlastɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. of or concerning schools and education: "scholastic achievement" Similar academiceducationalschoolscholarly
   • ▪ relating to secondary schools: US "scholastic sports events"
   • 2. relating to medieval scholasticism.
   • ▪ typical of scholasticism in being pedantic or overly subtle: "to distinguish between them is little more than a scholastic exercise" Similar scholarlylearnedacademiceruditedonnishpedanticover-subtleoverprecisehair-splittingprecisionistinformal:nitpickingarchaic:overnice

   noun

   • 1. an adherent of scholasticism; a schoolman. historical
   • 2. (in the Roman Catholic Church) a member of a religious order, especially the Society of Jesus, who is between the novitiate and the priesthood.

   Word Origin late 16th century (in scholastic (sense 2 of the adjective)): via Latin from Greek skholastikos ‘studious’, from skholazein ‘be at leisure to study’, from skholē (see school1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. scholastically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 17

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSCHOLASTIC | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Scholastic means relating to school and education, or using logical arguments. Learn how to use this word in different contexts with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

   • English (US)

     (Definition of scholastic from the Cambridge Advanced...

   • Znaczenie Scholastic, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     scholastic definicja: 1. relating to school and education:...

   • Translate English to Portuguese

     scholastic translate: acadêmico, escolar. Learn more in the...

   • Scholastic in Russian

     SCHOLASTIC translate: школьный, учебный . Learn more in the...

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     SCHOLASTIC translate: 學校的，教育的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Translate English to Polish

     scholastic translate: szkolny, nauczania , w nauce . Learn...

   • Scholastically

     SCHOLASTICALLY definition: 1. in a way that relates to...

   • Scholastic in Simplified Chinese

     SCHOLASTIC translate: 学校的，教育的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › scholasticScholastic Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of the word scholastic, which can be an adjective or a noun. Scholastic can refer to Scholasticism, schools, or academic methods in art.

4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSCHOLASTIC definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySCHOLASTIC | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Scholastic means relating to school and education. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, see synonyms and antonyms, and explore related words and phrases.

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   Scholastic definition: of or relating to schools, scholars, or education. See examples of SCHOLASTIC used in a sentence.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishSCHOLASTIC | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   Scholastic means relating to school and education. Find out how to say it in different languages and see examples of usage.

8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › scholasticScholastic - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

   www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › scholastic

   someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words) type of: bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student. a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines.