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pedantry
/ˈpɛdntri/
noun
1.
excessive concern with minor details and rules:
"to object to this is not mere pedantry"
Similar
dogmatism
purism
literalism
formalism
overscrupulousness
scrupulousness
precision
exactness
perfectionism
fastidiousness
punctiliousness
meticulousness
finickiness
finicality
captiousness
quibbling
hair-splitting
fault-finding
cavilling
carping
casuistry
sophistry
informal:
nitpicking
archaic:
pettifogging
pettifoggery
pretentiousness
pomposity
pompousness
dullness
tedium
intellectualism
academicism
scholasticism
scholarliness
erudition
studiousness
didacticism
bookishness
pedagogism
donnishness
Scrabble Points: 14
P
3
E
1
D
2
A
1
N
1
T
1
R
1
Y
4
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