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pedantry
ped·ant·ry P0144400 (pĕd′n-trē)n. pl. ped·ant·ries 1. The ostentatious display of academic knowledge, or undue attention paid to minor details or formal rules: His detailed research was dismissed as pedantry.2. An instance of pedantic behavior: grew tired of his pedantries.pedantry (ˈpɛdəntrɪ) n, pl -riesthe habit or an instance of being a pedant, esp in the display of useless knowledge or minute observance of petty rules or detailsped•ant•ry (ˈpɛd n tri)
n., pl. ped•ant•ries. 1. the character, qualities, or practices of a pedant, esp. undue display of learning. 2. slavish attention to formal rules or minute details. 3. an instance of being pedantic. [1575–85; < Italian pedanteria] pedantrypedanticism, def. 2.See also: LearningThesaurus| Noun | 1. | pedantry - an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learningfanfare, ostentation, flash - a gaudy outward display |
pedantrynoun1. hairsplitting, quibbling, pomposity, sophistry, punctiliousness, finickiness, pettifoggery, finicality, overnicety The results of the survey are exhaustive to the point of pedantry.2. stuffiness, pomposity, intellectualism, pretentiousness, bookishness, donnishness, pedagogism The novel suffers from pedantry and dullness.Quotations
"Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge" [Holbrook Jackson Anatomy of Bibliomania]Translationspedant (ˈpedənt) noun1. a person who makes a great show of his knowledge. 賣弄學問的人 卖弄学问的人2. a person who attaches too much importance to minor details. 學究 学究peˈdantic (-ˈdӕn-) adjective 學究式的，迂腐的 学究式的，迂腐的 peˈdantically adverb 賣弄學問地，迂腐地 卖弄学问地，迂腐地 ˈpedantry noun 賣弄學問，迂腐 卖弄学问，迂腐
Pedantry
PedantryBlimber, Cornelia“dry and sandy with working in the graves of deceased languages.” [Br. Lit.: Dombey and Son]Casaubon, Edwarddull pedant; dreary scholar who marries Dorothea. [Br. Lit.: Middlemarch]Caxton, Austinerudite bookworm. [Br. Lit.: The Caxtons]Choakumchild, Mr.pedantic master of Gradgrind’s school. [Br. Lit.: Hard Times]Conseiltaxonomically talented servant of Prof. Aronnax. [Fr. Lit.: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]Dalgetty, Rittmaster Dugaldgarrulous pedant. [Br. Lit.: A Legend of Montrose]Fluellenpedantic Welsh captain and know-it-all. [Br. Lit.: Henry V]Holofernesshameless pedagogue-schoolmaster. [Br. Lit.: Love’s Labour’s Lost]Sampson, Dominieold-fashioned, donnish scholar. [Br. Lit.: Guy Mannering]Scriblerus, Martinuslearned fool. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 909]Thwackumselfish and ill-humored clerical pedagogue. [Br. Lit.: Tom Jones]pedantry
Synonyms for pedantrynoun hairsplittingSynonyms- hairsplitting
- quibbling
- pomposity
- sophistry
- punctiliousness
- finickiness
- pettifoggery
- finicality
- overnicety
noun stuffinessSynonyms- stuffiness
- pomposity
- intellectualism
- pretentiousness
- bookishness
- donnishness
- pedagogism
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