scholasticism

noun

scho·las·ti·cism | \ skə-ˈla-stə-ˌsi-zəm

Definition of scholasticism

1 capitalized

a : a philosophical movement dominant in western Christian civilization from the 9th until the 17th century and combining religious dogma with the mystical and intuitional tradition of patristic philosophy especially of St. Augustine and later with Aristotelianism

b : neo-scholasticism

2a : close adherence to the traditional teachings or methods of a school or sect

b : pedantic adherence to scholarly methods

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Recent Examples on the Web Leo vocalized the importance, for the survival of the Catholic Magisterium, of systematic, intellectually rigorous approaches to philosophy and theology characteristic of medieval scholasticism. — Peter Hammond Schwartz, The New Republic, 3 Feb. 2021

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