Antischolasticism

/ˌæntiːskəˈlæstɪsɪzəm/ noun

A philosophical movement or position opposing scholasticism and its methods of reasoning based on ancient texts and formal logic.

From antischolastic + -ism. This abstract noun represents the entire intellectual philosophy and movement against scholastic methods, following the productive pattern where -ism creates ideologies from adjectives.

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