scholastic

IPA: skʌɫˈæstɪk

(philosophy) A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.
Alternative letter-case form of scholastic [(philosophy) A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.]

Of or relating to school; academic
(philosophy) Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism
Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
Alternative letter-case form of scholastic [Of or relating to school; academic]

Examples of "scholastic" in Sentences

Just called scholastic, it sounded like a madhouse in the background.
Today many girls play in scholastic chess tournaments around the country.
As the term scholastic indicates, they developed their method in the schools.
Having more of these types in scholastic pipeline depresses wages, and that’s exactly what is intended.
Nature and reality have no part in English scholastic life; "good form" and "sound scholarship" count for more than the heart of man.
Greek philosophy, especially with that of Aristotle, was joined with a lively religious faith to produce the so called scholastic philosophy and theology.
The events which had led her to abandon what she herself called the scholastic profession for the much more lucrative work of private detection had long ago receded into the quite distant past.
I didn’t create the friggin’ world, but what if some racial groups of people * are* more intelligent on average than others, and that we can’t change this, and this largely accounts for their differences in scholastic and economic and civilizational achievement?