Neo-Scholasticism

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Ne·o-Scho·las·ti·cism

 (nē′ō-skə-lăs′tĭ-sĭz′əm)
n.
A chiefly Roman Catholic intellectual movement arising in the late 1800s that seeks to revive medieval Scholasticism by infusing it with modern concepts.
Ne′o-Scho·las′tic (-lăs′tĭk) adj.
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ne•o-Scho•las•ti•cism

(ˌni oʊ skəˈlæs təˌsɪz əm)

n.
a contemporary application of the doctrine of Scholasticism to problems of everyday life.
[1910–15]
ne`o-Scho•las′tic, adj., n.
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Neo-Scholasticism

the 19th-century movement by Catholic scholars to reinstitute the doctrines of the Schoolmen in their teachings. — Neo-Scholastic, adj.
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