pedanticism
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pedanticism
Example Sentences
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Havel's first script, The Garden Party, a surreal satire of communist pedanticism, was produced at home in 1963 and in at least seven other nations -- in 18 separate theaters in West Germany.
From Time Magazine Archive
At its second best, it subsides into pedanticism.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is time language was dealt with with a little more scientific reverence and a little less insolent pedanticism.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such illustrious names should certainly be preserved in their integrity, and even pedanticism might blush at corrupting such "household words."
From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 89, July 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various
His compositions are "modern" in outlook, but remarkably free in spirit and never savour of the type of modernism that is little more than gilded pedanticism.
From Edward MacDowell by Porte, John F.
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