pedantry
/ˈpedntri/noun
उच्चारण पेड्न्ट्री
पांडित्य-प्रदर्शन, बाल की खाल निकालना
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[U] disapproving
too much attention to small details or rules
पांडित्य-प्रदर्शन, बाल की खाल निकालना
- His pedantry about grammar annoyed everyone.
- His pedantry about commas made editing the report a slow task.
- The professor's pedantry about footnotes made the students dread every assignment.
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- Some people see his constant corrections as pedantry rather than helpful advice.
- There is a difference between accuracy and pedantry, and good editors know it.
Synonyms hair-splitting nitpicking fussiness punctiliousness quibbling
Opposite flexibility imprecision casualness
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
hair-splitting nitpicking fussiness punctiliousness quibbling
Antonyms
flexibility imprecision casualness
AaSpelling
ped·ant·ry
?Which word?
Keep the over-detailed words together: pedantic, nitpicking (finding small faults), hair-splitting, punctilious (very careful about details, often positive), fastidious (very concerned about details and cleanliness).
अत्यधिक विवरण के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: pedantic, nitpicking (छोटे दोष खोजना), hair-splitting, punctilious (विवरणों में बहुत सावधान, प्रायः सकारात्मक), fastidious (विवरणों और स्वच्छता के प्रति बहुत चिंतित)।
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A person who is too concerned with small details and rules is a pedant; one who shows off learning a pedant or pseudo-intellectual.
छोटे विवरणों और नियमों के प्रति अत्यधिक चिंतित व्यक्ति pedant; ज्ञान का दिखावा करने वाला pedant या pseudo-intellectual।