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scholasticized

scholasticized is the simple past and past participle of scholasticize.

Meaning of scholasticize

Verb

scholasticize (third-person singular simple present scholasticizes, present participle scholasticizing, simple past and past participle scholasticized)

  1. To fit into the framework of scholasticism.
    • Attempting to force a theory of abstraction into Augustine's theory of knowledge, these interpreters tend to scholasticize Augustine at the expense of his Platonism.1970, Augustinian Studies - Volumes 1-2, page 48
  2. To make excessively formal, rigid, or pedantic.
    • Now, in the post-Reformation polemical situation, Beza tended to rigidify and scholasticize many of Calvin's positions.1992, Donald K. McKim, Major themes in the Reformed tradition - Volume 1991, page 58
  3. To study, describe, or codify as an academic discipline.
    • A man of adhesive intelligence and energy, at ease with strong words and bold actions, he did not merely scholasticize his ideas, he lived them.1989, Scott Nearing, Steve Sherman, A Scott Nearing Reader: The Good Life in Bad Times, page xiii

Questions about scholasticized

What is scholasticized the simple past and past participle of?
Scholasticized is the simple past and past participle of scholasticize.

Words near scholasticized in the dictionary

  1. scholasticises
  2. scholasticising
  3. scholasticism
  4. scholasticisms
  5. scholasticize
  6. scholasticized
  7. scholasticizes
  8. scholasticizing
  9. scholastick
  10. scholasticks
  11. scholasticly

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