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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Scholasticism

· Scho·las·ti·cism · IPA /skəˈlæstɪˌsɪzəm/
01 n. The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.
  1. 1.
    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.