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pedanticism

pedanticism noun: pedantry.

Noun

pedanticism (countable and uncountable, plural pedanticisms)

  1. pedantry
    • Yet her dance-and-music spectacle, ending with the phrase “You need to rebel against negativity,” teems with pedanticism.2008 April 7, Gia Kourlas, “E-Moting, E-Volving and Tipping Toward Tap”, in New York Times

Forms of pedanticism

pluralpedanticisms

Origin of pedanticism

From pedantic + -ism.

Questions about pedanticism

What does pedanticism mean?
Pedanticism means pedantry.
What part of speech is pedanticism?
Pedanticism is a noun.
What is the plural of pedanticism?
The plural of pedanticism is pedanticisms.

Words near pedanticism in the dictionary

  1. pedantic
  2. pedantical
  3. pedantically
  4. pedanticalness
  5. pedanticise
  6. pedanticism
  7. pedanticisms
  8. pedanticize
  9. pedanticized
  10. pedanticizes
  11. pedanticizing

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