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Pedantry
01
the practice of being overly focused on minor details, formal rules, or showing off academic knowledge in an unnecessary way
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Uncountable
Plural form
pedantries
Examples
The meeting was bogged down by his constant pedantry about protocol.
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