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How to pronounce pedantic in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms academic, donnish
Derivation pedant, pedantry

Examples of pedantic

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It's putting us in danger of becoming like rugby, with all those pedantic rules.
From the couriermail.com.au
Those Taiwanese are just being pedantic, and you are almost as annoying as them.
From the economist.com
As if I haven't been pedantic enough, the death growl isn't meant to be Satanic.
From the guardian.co.uk
The first of these accusations is arguably a fair cop, in a pedantic sort of way.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Small pedantic point, but this is an article about grammar so pedantic is good.
From the guardian.co.uk
They can also be naive, pedantic, insecure, cunning, indecisive, and pessimistic.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Bercow was already known for bringing a pedantic streak to Parliamentary debates.
From the nytimes.com
Yes, that is pedantic, but it added to the overall slapdash sense of the film.
From the guardian.co.uk
He claimed that the Speaker was too pedantic and should be shown the door himself.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • Academic: marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
  • (pedantically) in a pedantic manner; "these interpretations are called `schemas' or, more pedantically, `schemata'"
  • (pedantry) an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning
  • A pedant is a person who is overly concerned with formalism and precision, or who makes a show of their learning.
  • (pedantry) An excessive attention to detail or rules; An instance of such behaviour; An overly ambitious display of learning
  • (pedantry) ostentatious display of knowledge, or an instance of this; an arbitrary adherence to rules and forms.
  • (adj) - boring, academic; trying to impress with facts
  • Exaggeratedly, unseasonably, or absurdly learned
  • (adj) making an excessive show of learning; overly concerned with rules and details; didactic