scholastic
English Thesaurus
1. a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student, |
| definition | : | a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | purist, |
| definition | : | someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words) (noun.person) |
2. a Scholastic philosopher or theologian (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | philosopher, |
| definition | : | a specialist in philosophy (noun.person) |
3. a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit (noun.person)
| derivation | : | academic, donnish, pedantic, |
| definition | : | marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects (adj.all) |
4. a Scholastic philosopher or theologian (noun.person)
| derivation | : | scholastic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism (adj.pert) |
5. of or relating to schools (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | school, |
| definition | : | an educational institution (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | school, schoolhouse, |
| definition | : | a building where young people receive education (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | school, schooling, |
| definition | : | the process of being formally educated at a school (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | school, |
| definition | : | an educational institution (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | school, |
| definition | : | an educational institution's faculty and students (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | school, school day, schooltime, |
| definition | : | the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session (noun.time) |
6. of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | scholasticism, |
| definition | : | the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | scholasticism, |
| definition | : | the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | scholastic, |
| definition | : | a Scholastic philosopher or theologian (noun.person) |
7. a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit (noun.person)
| derivation | : | academic, donnish, pedantic, |
| definition | : | marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects (adj.all) |
8. a Scholastic philosopher or theologian (noun.person)
| derivation | : | scholastic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism (adj.pert) |
9. of or relating to schools (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | school, |
| definition | : | an educational institution (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | school, schoolhouse, |
| definition | : | a building where young people receive education (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | school, schooling, |
| definition | : | the process of being formally educated at a school (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | school, |
| definition | : | an educational institution (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | school, |
| definition | : | an educational institution's faculty and students (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | school, school day, schooltime, |
| definition | : | the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session (noun.time) |
10. of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | scholasticism, |
| definition | : | the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | scholasticism, |
| definition | : | the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | scholastic, |
| definition | : | a Scholastic philosopher or theologian (noun.person) |
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