pedantry
nounHow to pronounce pedantry:
Definition of pedantry:
- pedantry (noun):
- an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning.
- pedantic presentation or application of knowledge or learning
- the practice of being a pedant, esp. in the minute observance of petty rules or details
Synonyms for pedantry:
bookishness
culture
edification
education
enlightenment
erudition
finicality
finickiness
flash
hairsplitting
learning
literacy
ostentation
overnicety
pettifoggery
pomposity
punctiliousness
quibbling
reading
scholarship
sophistry
Antonyms for pedantry:
creativity
imprecision
inaccuracy
inexactness
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