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

• (America) IPA: /skəˈlæstɪk/

scholastic (plural scholastics)

1. (philosophy) A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.

• French: scolastique
• German: Scholastiker, Scholastikerin
• Portuguese: escolástico
• Spanish: escolástico

scholastic

1. Of or relating to school; academic

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

2. (philosophy) Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism
   • 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC ↗:

     And hence it is that men, even when they are baffled and silenced in this scholastic way, are seldom or never convinced , and so brought over to the conquering side

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

• scholar
• academic

• French: scolaire
• German: akademisch
• Spanish: escolar

• French: scolastique
• German: scholastisch
• Spanish: escolástico

• German: scholastisch

scholastic (plural scholastics)

1. Alternative case form of scholastic

scholastic

1. Alternative case form of scholastic