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pedantism

noun

Etymology

From pedant + -ism.

  1. derived from pedante — “a teacher, schoolmaster, pedant”
  2. borrowed from pedant
  3. suffixed as pedantism — “pedant + ism”

Definitions

  1. Behaving or acting in the manner of a pedant.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA