pedantism
- a variation of pedanticism.
Example Sentences
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They are often timorous and apprehensive, and prone to pedantism.
From Why Worry? by Walton, George Lincoln
In this queer pedantism of a man who had read, thought, lived, pen in hand, there is the sincerity of the attempt to grapple by the same means with another profounder knowledge.
From Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph
Although slightly tinged with pedantism and preciosity, its freshness, its grace, its inspiration and sincerity, give it a flavour almost of primitive art.
From The French Revolution A Short History by Johnston, R. M. (Robert Matteson)
He himself, in his habitual pedantism, thus divided them, and according placed them in three different portfolios.
From The Awakening The Resurrection by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
Now began the native spleen of Oceana to be much purged, and men not to affect sullenness and pedantism.
From The Commonwealth of Oceana by Harrington, James
