Found 2 items, similar to scholasticism.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Scholasticism Scholasticism n 1: the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers 2: orthodoxy of a scholastic variety [syn: academicism, academism]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Scholasticism Scholasticism \Scho*las"ti*cism\, n. The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy. [1913 Webster] The spirit of the old scholasticism . . . spurned laborious investigation and slow induction. --J. P. Smith. [1913 Webster]