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scholasticism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /skəˈlæstɪˌsɪzəm/ (US)
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Etymology

Etymology tree English scholastic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English scholasticism From scholastic + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A tradition or school of philosophy, originating in the Middle Ages, that combines classical philosophy with Catholic theology.
    • Once more, the work exhibits the characteristics which are typical of scholasticism at its best: the appeal to reason, the logical marshaling of arguments, the relentless exploration of the implications of ideas, and the fundamental conviction that, at its heart, the Christian gospel is rational and can be shown to be rational. 2017, Alister E. McGrath, Christian theology: an introduction, page 86:

Forms

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Deriveds

second scholasticism

Translations (30)

pt escolasticismo (school of philosophy) · it scolasticismo (school of philosophy) · vi triết học sĩ lâm (school of philosophy) · vi triết học kinh viện (school of philosophy) · cy ysgolaeth (school of philosophy) · fa فلسفه مدرسی (school of philosophy) · cmn 經院哲學 /经院哲学 (school of philosophy) · vo julanolav (school of philosophy) · fi skolastiikka (school of philosophy) · cmn 士林哲學 /士林哲学 (school of philosophy) · es escolástica (school of philosophy) · tr skolastik felsefe (school of philosophy) · az sxolastika (school of philosophy) · ml സ്കൊളാസ്റ്റിസിസം (school of philosophy) · ru схола́стика (school of philosophy) · es escolasticismo (school of philosophy) · fr scolastique (school of philosophy) · id skolastisisme (school of philosophy) · de Schulwissenschaft (school of philosophy) · bg схоластика (school of philosophy) · ko 스콜라주의 (school of philosophy) · ja スコラ学 (school of philosophy) · id skolastik (school of philosophy) · kk схоластика (school of philosophy) · de Scholastik (school of philosophy) · uz sxolastika (school of philosophy) · da skolastik (school of philosophy) · cy sgolastigiaeth (school of philosophy) · fo skúlaspeki (school of philosophy) · la scholastica (school of philosophy)