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non-scholastic

non--scho·las·tic
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [nohn ohb-stahn-te skuh-las-tik]
    • /noʊn oʊbˈstɑn tɛ skəˈlæs tɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [nohn ohb-stahn-te skuh-las-tik]
    • /noʊn oʊbˈstɑn tɛ skəˈlæs tɪk/

Definitions of non-scholastic word

  • adjective non-scholastic of or relating to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments. 1
  • adjective non-scholastic of or relating to secondary education or schools: a scholastic meet. 1
  • adjective non-scholastic pedantic. 1
  • adjective non-scholastic of or relating to the medieval schoolmen. 1
  • noun non-scholastic (sometimes initial capital letter) a schoolman, a disciple of the schoolmen, or an adherent of scholasticism. 1
  • noun non-scholastic a pedantic person. 1
See all 7 definitions of non-scholastic

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Origin of non-scholastic

First appearance:

before 1590
One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; < Latin scholasticus < Greek scholastikós studious, learned, derivative of scholázein to be at leisure to study. See school1, -tic

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Parts of speech for Non-scholastic

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Non-scholastic

non-scholastic popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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