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- [skuh-las-tik]
- /skəˈlæs tɪk/
- /skəˈlæs.tɪk/
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- [skuh-las-tik]
- /skəˈlæs tɪk/
Definitions of scholastic word
- adjective scholastic of or relating to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments. 1
- adjective scholastic of or relating to secondary education or schools: a scholastic meet. 1
- adjective scholastic pedantic. 1
- adjective scholastic of or relating to the medieval schoolmen. 1
- noun scholastic (sometimes initial capital letter) a schoolman, a disciple of the schoolmen, or an adherent of scholasticism. 1
- noun scholastic a pedantic person. 1
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Origin of 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 Scholastic
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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".
scholastic usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for scholastic
noun scholastic
- academician — An academician is a member of an academy, usually one which has been formed to improve or maintain standards in a particular field.
- academic — Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
- academicians — Plural form of academician.
adj scholastic
- augustan — characteristic of, denoting, or relating to the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar (63 bc–14 ad), his period, or the poets, notably Virgil, Horace, and Ovid, writing during his reign
- belletristic — Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of belles-lettres.
- bookish — Someone who is bookish spends a lot of time reading serious books.
- classical — You use classical to describe something that is traditional in form, style, or content.
- collegiate — Collegiate means belonging or relating to a college or to college students.
adjective scholastic
- canonic — canonical
- classicistic — Of or pertaining to classicism.
- college — A college is an institution where students study after they have left school.
- collegial — of or relating to a college
- edifying — to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer.
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