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View synonyms for pedantic
pedantic
Archaic, pe·dan·ti·cal
[puh-dan-tik]
adjective
ostentatious in one's learning.
overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching.
Synonyms: doctrinaire, didactic
pedantic
/ pɪˈdæntɪk /
adjective
of, relating to, or characterized by pedantry
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Other Word Forms
- pedantically adverb
- pedanticalness noun
- semipedantic adjective
- semipedantical adjective
- semipedantically adverb
- unpedantic adjective
- unpedantical adjective
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“At best they are being incredibly pedantic. At worst, intentionally daft.”
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And the percentage of gold in the portfolio is always fixed at 1/7 — or, if you are pedantic, 14.29%.
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None of this is pedantic, nor is it puffed up with moral outrage.
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Nelis renders the professor a pompous and pedantic twit but not a heartless one.
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Environmental films that are pedantic, prescriptive, or hold audiences by the collar to make them feel bad do more disservice than good, he says.
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