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单词 pedantry
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pedantry

I have the thread of something in this pedantry, that may lead me out of this plague-pit.Neither minded his pedantry, since he devoted most of it to church architecture, one of their favorite subjects.

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(noun) 
Definition
the practice of being a pedant, esp. in the minute observance of petty rules or details
The results of the survey are exhaustive to the point of pedantry.
Synonyms
hairsplitting
quibbling
pomposity
sophistry
punctiliousness
finickiness
pettifoggery
finicality
overnicety
(noun) 
Definition
the practice of being a pedant, esp. in the minute observance of petty rules or details
The novel suffers from pedantry and dullness.
Synonyms
stuffiness
pomposity
He was modest and simple, without a trace of pomposity.
intellectualism
pretentiousness
bookishness
donnishness
pedagogism

Quotation

Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge [Holbrook Jackson – Anatomy of Bibliomania]

Additional synonyms

in the sense of pomposity
He was modest and simple, without a trace of pomposity.
Synonyms
self-importance,
vanity,
arrogance,
pretension,
airs,
flaunting,
presumption,
affectation,
pretentiousness,
grandiosity,
haughtiness,
portentousness,
vainglory,
pompousness

Nearby words of
pedantry

  • pedagogue
  • pedant
  • pedantic
  • pedantry
  • peddle
  • peddler
  • pedestal

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