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pedant

/ˈpednt/noun

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छोटी-छोटी बातों और नियमों पर अड़ने वाला, किताबी ज्ञान का दिखावा करने वाला व्यक्ति

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    [C] disapproving

    a person who is too concerned with small details or rules, especially when learning or teaching

    छोटी-छोटी बातों और नियमों पर अड़ने वाला, किताबी ज्ञान का दिखावा करने वाला व्यक्ति

    • A pedant corrects your grammar but never understands your point.
    • The committee was full of pedants who argued over commas.
    • The examiner was such a pedant that he marked down every missing comma.
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    • Do not be a pedant about spelling when the meaning is clear.
    • As a pedant, he insisted on the exact words of the rule.

    Synonyms nitpicker hair-splitter purist

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nitpicker hair-splitter purist stickler

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A person who makes a show of learning and insists on small rules; the quality is pedantry and the adjective pedantic.

'जो अपने ज्ञान का दिखावा करे और छोटे नियमों पर अड़े' के लिए यह शब्द आता है; यह गुण pedantry और adjective pedantic है।