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Meanings of pedantism in English
Attitude; human behaviour, displaying obsession with detail or process, often negatively perceived.
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Examples for "pedantry"
Examples for "pedantry"
1
But there is something peculiarly laughable in the pedantry of such criticism.
2
There was no pretension or pedantry in a word that was said.
3
To the pedantry of the Hindu he attributes its main characteristics, viz.
4
But that was carrying correctness of procedure to the verge of pedantry.
5
The subject of quotation being introduced, Mr. Wilkes censured it as pedantry.
Usage of pedantism in English
1
They are often timorous and apprehensive, and prone to pedantism.
2
He himself, in his habitual pedantism, thus divided them, and according placed them in three different portfolios.
3
Now began the native spleen of Oceana to be much purged, and men not to affect sullenness and pedantism.
4
Although slightly tinged with pedantism and preciosity, its freshness, its grace, its inspiration and sincerity, give it a flavour almost of primitive art.
Frequent collocations
Pedantism through the time