scholasticize

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  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.
  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.
  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.

词形变化

scholasticizes present,singular,third-person scholasticizing participle,present scholasticized participle,past scholasticized past scholasticise alternative

词源

From scholastic + -ize.
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