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pedantry

[ped-n-tree] / ˈpɛd n tri /


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Such pedantry is perhaps why Malaysian durians have earned a special place on the Chinese table.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Even now, lawmakers take this responsibility with a seriousness sometimes bordering on pedantry.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

But today he would be expected to meet intellectual pedantry with populist theater.

From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2019

The Big Day is technically Chance the Rapper’s debut album, although this designation is a farcical bit of marketing pedantry even by current standards.

From Slate • Jul. 29, 2019

This logician would be unbearably pedantic, but there is a grain of good taste in the pedantry.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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