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Noun: scholasticism  skó'las-ti,si-z(u)m
  1. Orthodoxy of a scholastic variety
    - academicism, academism
Noun: Scholasticism
  1. The system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers

Derived forms: scholasticisms

Type of: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory, traditionalism, traditionality

Encyclopedia: Scholasticism, Protestant