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pedantry

/ped-n-tree/US // ˈpɛd n tri //UK // (ˈpɛdəntrɪ) //

迂腐,迂腐性,迂腐主义,矫情

Related Words

meticulousness缜密性,一丝不苟,精细,缜密precision精度,精确度,精确性,精确pretension矫揉造作,矫枉过正,矫情,矫饰性exactness准确度,精确性,准确,确切性bookishness书卷气,书本主义,书香门第,书本精神dogmatism教条主义,训导主义,犬儒主义,狗屁主义pedagogery教学法,教育学,教学方法,教学

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ped·ant·ries.

    • : the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
    • : slavish attention to rules, details, etc.
    • : an instance of being pedantic: the pedantries of modern criticism.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounsophistry
Synonyms
bookishness书卷气,书本主义,书香门第,书本精神dogmatism教条主义,训导主义,犬儒主义,狗屁主义exactness准确度,精确性,准确,确切性meticulousness缜密性,一丝不苟,精细,缜密precision精度,精确度,精确性,精确pretension矫揉造作,矫枉过正,矫情,矫饰性pedagogery教学法,教育学,教学方法,教学

Examples

  • The rumble at Hofstra was thrilling—a heady blend of testosterone and pedantry.

  • Seldom can testosterone and pedantry have come together in an American political debate in such electrifying marriage.

  • The dogmatism and pedantry upon which it is based are easily confuted.

  • Without discretion learning is pedantry and wit impertinence; virtue itself looks like weakness.

  • At first, oddly enough, it was my instinct for pedantry and linguistic learning that drew me to Byron.

  • Yet the accent was frankly Northern, and the diction free from any obtrusive elegance or trace of pedantry.

  • Peace to thy honest spirit; for thou wert wise without vanity, learned without pedantry, and joyous without vulgarity.

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