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Pedantry

Definition:

Pedantry refers to excessive concern with minor details, rules, or academic knowledge, often without understanding their practical application.

Senses:

1. The behavior of being excessively concerned with minor details or rules.
2. An emphasis on formalism and bookish learning rather than practical wisdom.

Part of Speech:

Noun

Sample Sentences:

1. His pedantry in correcting people's grammar often annoyed his friends.
2. The professor's pedantry made the lecture boring and inaccessible to the students.
3. Although she knew the practical solution, her pedantry led her to complicate the process unnecessarily.

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