Pedantry

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Pedantic attention to detail or rules.
  • n. An instance of pedantic behavior.
  • n. The habit of mind or manner characteristic of a pedant.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An excessive attention to detail or rules.
  • n. An instance of such behaviour.
  • n. An overly ambitious display of learning.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The manners, acts, or character of a pedant; the overrating of mere knowledge, especially of matters of learning which are really of minor importance; also, ostentatious or inappropriate display of learning.
  • n. Undue addiction to the forms of a particular profession, or of some one line of life.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    flash    ostentation    fanfare   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    affectation    hypocrisy    sophistry    meanness    formalism   
     
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