Pedanty vs. Pedantry — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pedanty and Pedantry
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Pedanty
(obsolete) An assembly or clique of pedants.
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Pedantry
Excessive concern with minor details and rules
To object to this is not mere pedantry
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Pedanty
An assembly or clique of pedants.
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Pedantry
The ostentatious display of academic knowledge, or undue attention paid to minor details or formal rules
His detailed research was dismissed as pedantry.
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Pedantry
An instance of pedantic behavior
Grew tired of his pedantries.
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Pedantry
An excessive attention to detail or rules.
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Pedantry
An instance of such behaviour.
I don’t want to listen to your pedantries anymore.
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Pedantry
An overly ambitious display of learning.
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Pedantry
The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning.
'T is a practice that savors much of pedantry.
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Pedantry
A ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning
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