pedantnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈped.ənt/us/ˈped.ənt/disapprovinga person who is too interested in formal rules and small details that are not important
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Wanting everything to be right
- anal
- anally retentive
- choosy
- dot
- dot the i's and cross the t's idiom
- faddy
- fastidious
- fussbudget
- fusspot
- fussy
- houseproud
- martinet
- nitpicking
- perfectionism
- perfectionist
- pernickety
- persnickety
- pettifogging
- purist
- stickler
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pedantry
noun [ U ] uk/ˈped.ən.tri/us/ˈped.ən.tri/
There was a hint of pedantry in his elegant style of speaking.