pedantic

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Related terms 1.2.3 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• pa-dăn'tĭk, /pəˈdæntɪk/, /p@"d{ntIk/
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  Rhymes: -æntɪk

[edit] Adjective

pedantic (comparative more pedantic, superlative most pedantic)

1. Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
   • Winston Churchill, (On being informed that one should not end a sentence with a preposition.)

     That is the sort of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.

2. Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner.
3. Often used to describe a person who emphasizes his/her knowledge through the use of vocabulary; ostentatious in one’s learning.
4. Being finicky or picky with language.
5. Obsessive insistence or sureness that things or persons will or do conform to words exactly as they have been written.

[edit] Synonyms

anal-retentive doctrinaire fussy nit-picky

ostentatious pedagogical pretentious

[edit] Related terms

• pedant
• pedantry

[edit] Translations

Chinese: 賣弄學問的;炫學者 Czech: pedantický m., pedantická f. Estonian: pedantne Finnish: pedanttinen, tarkka French: pédant m., pédante f. German: pedantisch

Greek: σχολαστικός m., σχολαστική f., σχολαστικό n. Korean: 현학적인 Romanian: pedant Serbian: pedantan Spanish: cursi, maniático, pedante, puntilloso Swedish: pedantisk