'Scholasticism' definitions:
Definition of 'Scholasticism'
(from WordNet)
noun
The system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers
noun
Orthodoxy of a scholastic variety [syn: scholasticism, academicism, academism]
Definition of 'Scholasticism'
From: GCIDE
- Scholasticism \Scho*las"ti*cism\, n. The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy. [1913 Webster]
- The spirit of the old scholasticism . . . spurned laborious investigation and slow induction. --J. P. Smith. [1913 Webster]