ultrascholastic

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adjective

extremely scholastic

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Meanings

adjectiveultrascholastic (comparative more ultrascholastic, superlative most ultrascholastic)

comparative more ultrascholastic · superlative most ultrascholastic

  1. extremely scholastic

    The orientation of education is toward the French-type ultrascholastic approach, which stresses unproductive and prestigious literary attainments, which are irrelevant to the development needs of a desperately poor pastoral and agricultural economy.

    1973, United States. Congress. House. Foreign Affairs, The Drought Crisis in the African Sahel: Hearing..., page 128

Origin

From ultra- + scholastic.

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APA

ultrascholastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultrascholastic

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“ultrascholastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultrascholastic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ultrascholastic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultrascholastic.

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