Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun scholasticism

2 senses of scholasticism

Sense 1
Scholasticism -- (the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers)
       => philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory -- (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)

Sense 2
scholasticism, academicism, academism -- (orthodoxy of a scholastic variety)
       => traditionalism, traditionality -- (strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings)