Scholasticism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scholasticism \Scho*las"ti*cism\, n.
     The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy;
     scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.
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           The spirit of the old scholasticism . . . spurned


           laborious investigation and slow induction. --J. P.
                                                    Smith.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]