neo-scholastic

The term 'neo-scholastic' is a modern compound that directly signals a revival. The prefix 'neo-', from Greek, explicitly means 'new', indicating a contemporary or renewed interest. The base word 'scholastic' traces back to the Greek 'scholē', which originally meant 'leisure'—the time free from work required for intellectual pursuit—and evolved to mean 'a place of learning' or 'school'. In the Middle Ages, 'Scholasticism' became the dominant system of theological and philosophical teaching in European universities. Therefore, 'neo-scholastic' logically constructs the meaning of a new or modern movement seeking to revive and adapt the methods and principles of that medieval intellectual tradition, particularly within a 19th and 20th-century Catholic context.

Structure: neo (new) + scholastic (relating to scholasticism) - 'neo': From Greek 'neos', meaning 'new'. A combining form used in English to denote a revived or modern form of something. - 'scholastic': From Latin 'scholasticus', from Greek 'scholastikos' ('devoted to learning'), from 'scholē' ('leisure, school'). It functions as an adjective meaning 'of or concerning schools and education' or, specifically, 'relating to medieval scholasticism'.