- pedanticalness
- pɪ'dæntɪklnɪs n. state of being pedantical; excess meticulousness regarding small details; ostentatiousness regarding one's education
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
pedanticalness
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pedantic — pedantically, adv. pedanticalness, n. /peuh dan tik/, adj. 1. ostentatious in one s learning. 2. overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching. Also, pedantical. [1590 1600; PEDANT + IC] Syn. 2. didactic, doctrinaire. * * * … Universalium
priggishness — prɪgɪʃnɪs n. meticulousness. strictness; pedanticalness, pettiness; conceit, arrogance; primness, state of being overly concerned with one s appearance … English contemporary dictionary
pedantry — n 1.(all in reference to one s learning) pretension, affectation, pomposity, pompousness, haughtiness, conceit, attitudinarianism; pedagogism, pedagogery, didacticism, preachiness, pedantism, pedanticism, pedanticalness; bookishness, stuffiness,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
