pedantry
noun
the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
pedantries
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pluralof pedantry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He was an observational genius whose main talent was for exposure — exposure of the predictable opponent and exposure of pedantries, and he treated both as pretty much the same thing.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2022
There is a withering crossfire of pedantries in nearly all academic discussions of slavery and American blacks.
From Time Magazine Archive
We can readily pardon his petty pedantries and the little vices of expression he persisted in.
From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Brander Matthews
In short, among us lads, busy with books and full of admiration of our own cleverness, he was delightful; and among other ostentatious pedantries such as prevail at college his passed unrebuked.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 by Various
His little pedantries, which to the day of his death were like those of a clever schoolboy, appeal directly to it.
From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by George Saintsbury
