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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scholasticism /skəˈlastɪˌsɪz(ə)m/

▶noun

1 the system of theology and philosophy taught in medieval European universities, based on Aristotelian logic and the writings of the early Christian Fathers and having a strong emphasis on tradition and dogma.

2 narrow-minded insistence on traditional doctrine.

'scholasticism' also found in these Oxford entries:

dunce - humanism - scholastic - Thomism

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