pedantry
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pedantry
- /ˈpɛd.ən.tɹi/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From Italian pedanteria, equivalent to pedant + -ry. Compare also French pédanterie.
noun pedantries · pædantry
- An excessive attention to detail or rules. They had heard people call things pedantic, which they did not think were so ; for instance, a boy had once said that Harry himself was a pedant, for talking of the siege of Syracuse, and of the machines used there, because the boy knew nothing about them, and disliked reading. "Then you perceive,"
- An instance of such behaviour. I don’t want to listen to your pedantries anymore.
- An overly ambitious display of learning.
Similar: pedanticalness, pedanticness
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Similar: pedanticalness, pedanticness
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noun excessive attention to detail or rules
| Português | pedantismo |
|---|---|
| Français | pédantisme |
| Deutsch | Pedanterie |
| Italiano | pedantismo |
| Ελληνικά | σχολαστικότητα scholastikótita |
| Русский | педанти́чность pedantíčnostʹ, педанти́зм pedantízm |
noun instance of being pedantic
| Español | pedantería |
|---|---|
| Português | pedantice |
| Français | pédanterie |
noun overly ambitious display of learning
| Español | pedantería |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 현학 hyeonhak |
| Português | pedantismo |
| Français | pédanterie |
| Deutsch | Pedanterie |
| Ελληνικά | δοκησισοφία dokisisofía |
| עברית | דקדוקי עניות dikdûkei aniyût |
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title = {pedantry},
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