scholastic

noun
/skəˈlæstɪk/UK/skɵˈlasʈɪk/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from scholasticus
  2. borrowed from scholastique

Definitions

  1. A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism

    A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.

  2. Of or relating to school

    Of or relating to school; academic

    • This award is for the greatest scholastic achievement by a graduating student.
  3. Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism

    • 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
  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions

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

    2. Alternative letter-case form of scholastic.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at scholastic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at scholastic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at scholastic

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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