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[ puh-dan-tik ] / pəˈdæn tɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pedantic ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveostentatious in one's learning. overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching. VIDEO FOR PEDANTICWATCH NOW: Is The Word "Pedantic" Good Or Bad?Is "pedantic" a good or a bad quality? Well, actually, this word's history may help us figure it out! MORE VIDEOS FROM DICTIONARY.COM Also Archaic, pe·dan·ti·cal . Origin of pedanticFirst recorded in 1590–1600; pedant + -ic SYNONYMS FOR pedanticSEE SYNONYMS FOR pedantic ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM pedanticpe·dan·ti·cal·ly, adverbpe·dan·ti·cal·ness, nounsem·i·pe·dan·tic, adjectivesem·i·pe·dan·ti·cal, adjective sem·i·pe·dan·ti·cal·ly, adverbun·pe·dan·tic, adjectiveun·pe·dan·ti·cal, adjective Words nearby pedanticpedal piano, pedal point, pedal pushers, pedal steel guitar, pedant, pedantic, pedanticism, pedantry, pedate, pedatifid, Ped.D. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pedanticThe pedantic scholars among us might wonder if the book does its job. Are You There, Nobody? It’s Me, Margaret|Candida Moss|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST The pedantic type might note that Hippolytus makes no prophetic mention of the cinema or the Internet. St. Hippolytus’ Careers Christians Should Never Have|Candida Moss|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST The problem was that Sorkin did too much (pedantic, predictable) telling and not enough showing. ‘The Newsroom’ Season 2 Premiere: How Aaron Sorkin Saved the HBO Drama|Andrew Romano|July 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST Her perfection can sometimes verge on pedantic, like with her conversion to veganism. Everybody Hates Natalie|Joyce C. Tang|March 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Nor am I suggesting that every film become a pedantic diatribe on class barriers; one Michael Moore in the world is plenty. Sofia Coppola's Somewhere: Boring Rich People in Hotels|Richard Rushfield|December 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST He may not write with the ease and grace of a man of letters, but he is never pretentious and not often pedantic. Its teachings are not, indeed, pedantic precedents; but they are the illustrations of living principles. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life|Captain A. T. Mahan Hence it may seem unsuitable and pedantic to treat with scientific seriousness what is not in itself of a serious nature. The Introduction to Hegel's Philosophy of Fine Arts|Georg Hegel Nobody ever carried further the pedantic affectation of avoiding modern terms in his Latinity. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam This devotion makes them very grave, and possibly very happy after a pedantic fashion. Obiter Dicta|Augustine Birrell
British Dictionary definitions for pedantic
adjectiveof, relating to, or characterized by pedantry Derived forms of pedanticpedantically, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to pedanticpompous, stilted, abstruse, academic, arid, didactic, doctrinaire, dry, dull, egotistic, erudite, formal, fussy, hairsplitting, learned, ostentatious, particular, pedagogic, priggish, punctilious |