PEDANTRY Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

pedantry

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Recent Examples of pedantry While their work has a core of seriousness, their onstage persona is free of the pedantry leftists get maligned for, more hapless millennial than Marxist lecturer. — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 21 May 2026 What some mathematicians see as a move toward greater certainty, others might see as pedantry or a barrier to progress. — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026 The documentary never resorts to pedantry in communicating its feelings about the community, but instead operates from an assumption of equality. — Vikram Murthi, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026 There are some downsides besides pedantry about historical accuracy, too. — Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pedantry

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Stocks eked out a weekly gain on Friday, as traders weighed fresh in-line core inflation reading and blockbuster earnings report from Nvidia against persistent tensions in the Middle East.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
The intermediate time readings aren’t there because they were never captured.

— Paul Monckton, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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