Definitions for Scholastic

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Scholastic scho·las·tic

Spelling: [skuh-las-tik]

IPA: /skəˈlæs tɪk/

Scholastic is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 580 anagrams from letters in Scholastic (acchilosst).

Definitions for Scholastic

adjective

1. of or relating to schools, scholars, or education:
2. of or relating to secondary education or schools:
3. pedantic.
4. of or relating to the medieval schoolmen.

noun

1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a schoolman, a disciple of the schoolmen, or an adherent of scholasticism.
2. a pedantic person.
3. Roman Catholic Church. a student in a scholasticate.

Origin of Scholastic

1590-1600; Latin scholasticus Greek scholastikós studious, learned, derivative of scholázein to be at leisure to study. See school¹,

Examples for Scholastic

It draws within the sphere of its attraction both the scholastic and the unlearned.

There is no attempt made to impart a scholastic interpretation to it.

Nancy and Jennie are climbing the scholastic 322hill together.

scholastic Press editorial director David Levithan recalled his hesitation to the premise.

“There was a nice music to his writing,” says Lee Kravitz, his longtime editor at scholastic and then at Parade.

The scholastic pitches finished, the campers returned to their doll designs.

He cared little how much he imparted of scholastic knowledge.

He brought with him also the scholastic type in use in 1499.

I had an idea for a movie and I had a meeting with scholastic Publishing because they have a movie division.

But how should scholastic handle their readers who have long since grown up?