Crossword-Solution: SCHOLASTIC
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Scholastic | a. | Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning. |
| Scholastic | a. | Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy. |
| Scholastic | a. | Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal. |
| Scholastic | n. | One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools. |
| Scholastic | n. | See the Note under Jesuit. |
We have 11 clues for the answer “SCHOLASTIC”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Schoolman | 1 answer |
| SAT part | 4 answers |
| Jesuit | 8 answers |
| Bookish | 16 answers |
| Bookworm | 17 answers |
| Pedantic | 19 answers |
| Pedant | 45 answers |
| educational | 50 answers |
| Learned | 57 answers |
| Teaching material | 63 answers |
| ACADEMIC ___ | 65 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REEAT
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greedy person
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Sentences with SCHOLASTIC (5)
Hence, it is nothing but error and blindness in regard to this article what the scholastic doctors have taught, namely: That since the fall of Adam the natural powers of man have remained entire and incorrupt, and that man by nature has a right reason and a good will; which things the philosophers teach.
The bald spot on his crown and the spectacles gave him a scholastic air, and the finely cut features and a cold aloofness in his manner spoke plainly, she thought, of his good descent and high pursuits.
How happens it that to-day I am obliged to defend my intentions, when my conduct bears the evident impress of such lofty morality? You have read my work, sir, and you know the gist of my tedious and scholastic lucubrations.
This is what every thoughtful man knows for himself, for only fools and silly schoolmasters push definitions over far into the domain of conduct; and the majority of women, not learned in these scholastic refinements, live all-of-a-piece and unconsciously, as a tree grows, without caring to put a name upon their acts or motives.
But in doing this I discover the want of much, especially those exquisite books of scholastic learning which I possessed in my own country, through the industry of my good and most devout master, Egbert.
Quotes with SCHOLASTIC (3)
It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by artificial means. Thus we suppress the child's curiosity and then when he lacks a natural interest in learning he is offered special coaching for his scholastic coaching for his scholastic difficulties.
In the words of a very famous dead person, 'A nation that does not know its history is doomed to do poorly on the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
Many self-help teachers say that our schools only focus on “preparing today’s youths to get good jobs by developing scholastic skills.” They think that’s a bad thing. It’s probably the right thing. Not everyone is suited for entrepreneurship, as statistics seem to suggest. Even future entrepreneurs usuallyneed to begin as employees to get their starting capital and tolearn while they work.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, NYT, Universal.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1974–2012).