NOUN | communication | pedantry | an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning |
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Sounds | peh'dahntriy | |
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Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... |
Meaning | An ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning. | |
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Broader | ostentation, fanfare, flash | A gaudy outward display |
Spanish | pedanteria, pedantería | |
Catalan | pedanteria | |
Adjectives | pedantic | marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects |
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