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词汇 pedantry
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Definition of pedantry in English:

pedantry

noun ˈpɛd(ə)ntriˈpɛd(ə)ntri
mass noun
  • Excessive concern with minor details and rules.

    to object to this is not mere pedantry
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sometimes the corrections are amusing exercises in pedantry.
    • As a director, his perfectionism / pedantry would have tested the patience of any producer.
    • There is much pedantry, but every so often there is stark beauty.
    • To criticise animation for being too perfect may seem like pedantry and it's clear that a lot of work went into the film.
    • So scrupulous, and so close to perfect: that's the impression the reader is intended to glean from such exercises in pedantry.
    Synonyms
    dogmatism, purism, literalism, formalism
    overscrupulousness, scrupulousness, precision, exactness, perfectionism, fastidiousness, punctiliousness, meticulousness, finickiness, finicality
    captiousness, quibbling, hair-splitting, fault-finding, cavilling, carping, casuistry, sophistry
    informal nitpicking
    archaic pettifogging, pettifoggery
    pretentiousness, pomposity, pompousness, dullness, tedium
    intellectualism, academicism, scholasticism, scholarliness, erudition, studiousness, didacticism, bookishness, pedagogism, donnishness

Definition of pedantry in US English:

pedantry

nounˈped(ə)ntrēˈpɛd(ə)ntri
  • Excessive concern with minor details and rules.

    to object to this is not mere pedantry
    Example sentencesExamples
    • So scrupulous, and so close to perfect: that's the impression the reader is intended to glean from such exercises in pedantry.
    • As a director, his perfectionism / pedantry would have tested the patience of any producer.
    • There is much pedantry, but every so often there is stark beauty.
    • Sometimes the corrections are amusing exercises in pedantry.
    • To criticise animation for being too perfect may seem like pedantry and it's clear that a lot of work went into the film.
    Synonyms
    dogmatism, purism, literalism, formalism
    pretentiousness, pomposity, pompousness, dullness, tedium
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