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/peuh dan"teuh siz'euhm/, n.pedantry.Also, pedantism /ped"n tiz'euhm/.[1840-50; PEDANTIC + -ISM]
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pedanticism — /pəˈdæntəsɪzəm/ (say puh dantuhsizuhm) noun 1. an instance of pedantry. 2. a habit of pedantry: to overcome one s pedanticism. {pendantic + ism} …
pedanticism — pe·dan·ti·cism … English syllables
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pedant — n. person making display of his or her learning; learned person paying excessive attention to details; precisian. ♦ pedantic, a. ♦ pedanticism, ♦ pedantry, n … Dictionary of difficult words
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