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   ped·ant·ry

   /ˈped(ə)ntrē/

   noun

   • 1. excessive concern with minor details and rules: "to object to this is not mere pedantry" Similar dogmatismpurismliteralismformalismoverscrupulousnessscrupulousnessprecisionexactnessperfectionismfastidiousnesspunctiliousnessmeticulousnessfinickinessfinicalitycaptiousnessquibblinghairsplittingfault-findingcavillingcarpingcasuistrysophistryinformal:nitpickingarchaic:pettifoggingpettifoggerypretentiousnesspompositypompousnessdullnesstediumintellectualismacademicismscholasticismscholarlinesseruditionstudiousnessdidacticismbookishnesspedagogismdonnishness

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