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pedantic
What does pedantic mean?
pedantic (adjective): marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use pedantic in a sentence?
- The geometry teacher was pedantic. (Tatoeba sentence #10636427 by AlanF_US, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce pedantic?
/pəˈdæntɪk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does pedantic come from?
From pedant + -ic.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to pedantic
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “pedantic” mean?
characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
Not quite: that's what dictatorial means.
brave, valiant, courteous, especially with regard to male attitudes towards women
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marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
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manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything
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