Scotist

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noun

A follower of John Duns Scotus, Franciscan scholar, who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology in opposition to the Thomists.

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Meanings

nounScotist (plural Scotists)

plural Scotists

  1. lifestyleA follower of John Duns Scotus, Franciscan scholar, who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology in opposition to the Thomists.

    […] it should be remembered that their poets and rabbis of the middle ages were contemporary with the Scotists and Thomists, with the pseudo-platonism and peripateticism of Christendom.

    1842, The Saint Petersburg English Review of Literature

Origin

From Scotus + -ist.

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Translations

Portuguese escotista
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APA

Scotist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scotist

MLA

“Scotist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scotist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Scotist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scotist.

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