a 19th- and 20th-cent. philosophical system based on scholasticism, esp. Thomism, but incorporating new elements, as the discoveries of science, to make it applicable to contemporary life
neo-Scholasticism in American English
(ˌniouskəˈlæstəˌsɪzəm)
noun
Philosophy & Theology
a contemporary application of Scholasticism to modern problems and life