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pedantisms

pedantisms is the plural of pedantism.

Meaning of pedantism

Noun

pedantism (plural pedantisms)

  1. Behaving or acting in the manner of a pedant; pedantry.
    • In this queer pedantism of a man who had read, thought, lived, pen in hand, there is the sincerity of the attempt to grapple by the same means with another profounder knowledge.1911, Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes, Penguin Classics, published 2007, page 294

Questions about pedantisms

What is pedantisms the plural of?
Pedantisms is the plural of pedantism.

Words near pedantisms in the dictionary

  1. pedantise
  2. pedantised
  3. pedantises
  4. pedantising
  5. pedantism
  6. pedantisms
  7. pedantize
  8. pedantized
  9. pedantizes
  10. pedantizing
  11. pedantly

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