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pedantic

[ puh-dan-tik ]

adjective

  1. ostentatious in one's learning.
  2. overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching.

    Synonyms: doctrinaire, didactic



pedantic

/ pɪˈdæntɪk /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characterized by pedantry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • peˈdantically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • pe·danti·cal·ly adverb
  • pe·danti·cal·ness noun
  • semi·pe·dantic adjective
  • semi·pe·danti·cal adjective
  • semi·pe·danti·cal·ly adverb
  • unpe·dantic adjective
  • unpe·danti·cal adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pedantic1

First recorded in 1590–1600; pedant + -ic
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Example Sentences

Environmental films that are pedantic, prescriptive, or hold audiences by the collar to make them feel bad do more disservice than good, he says.

From BBC

It's told in a joke, so it makes the point without being pedantic about it or anything like that.

From Salon

But as the motley group of Colorado voters who brought the case against Trump put it, you have to engage in “pedantic wordplay” to not apply Section 3 to Trump.

After a slightly pedantic exchange about wording, she conceded this meant she had deleted them.

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Look at his mom, and the town, and the pedantic and myopic thinking.

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