scholasticizing

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