scholasticism Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers
  2. noun orthodoxy of a scholastic variety
    academicism; academism.

WordNet

Scho*las"ti*cism noun
Definitions
  1. The method or subtitles the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.
    The spirit of the old scholasticism . . . spurned laborious investigation and slow induction. J. P. Smith.

Webster 1913