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Pedantry (/ˈpɛd.ən.tri/ PED-en-try) is an excessive concern with formalism, minor details, and rules that are not important.^[1]^[2]

Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English (1926) recognised that the term pedantry was "relative" and subjective, stating "my pedantry is your scholarship, his reasonable accuracy, her irreducible minimum of education, and someone else’s ignorance".^[3]

References

^ New Oxford American Dictionary (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. 2015. ISBN 9780199891535 – via Oxford Reference.
^ "pedantry". Cambridge Dictionary. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
^ Butterfield, Jeremy, ed. (2015). Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191800979 – via Oxford Reference.

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[1] New Oxford American Dictionary (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. 2015. ISBN 9780199891535 – via Oxford Reference.

[2] "pedantry". Cambridge Dictionary. Retrieved 20 July 2024.

[3] Butterfield, Jeremy, ed. (2015). Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191800979 – via Oxford Reference.

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-{{short description|Person obsessed with detail or process, often negatively perceived}}
+{{short description|Excessive showing of intellect}}
+{{Redirect-distinguish|Pedant|Pendant}}{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}[[File:The Pedant by Thomas Rowlandson.jpg|thumb|240px|"The Pedant" by caricaturist [[Thomas Rowlandson]]]]
-{{distinguish|Pendant}}
+'''Pedantry''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɛ|d|.|ə|n|.|t|ɹ|i}} {{Respell|PED|en|try}}) is an excessive concern with [[Formalism (philosophy)|formalism]], minor details, and rules that are not important.<ref>{{Cite book |title=New Oxford American Dictionary |date=2015 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=9780199891535 |edition=3rd |via=Oxford Reference}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=pedantry |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pedantry |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Cambridge Dictionary}}</ref>
-[[File:The Pedant by Thomas Rowlandson.jpg|thumb|240px|"The Pedant" by caricaturist [[Thomas Rowlandson]]]]
-A '''pedant''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɛ|d|n|t}} {{Respell|PED|nt}}) is a person who is excessively concerned with [[Formalism (philosophy)|formalism]], [[accuracy and precision]], or one who makes an [[wikt:ostentatious|ostentatious]] and arrogant show of learning.
+''Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English'' (1926) recognised that the term pedantry was "relative" and subjective, stating "my pedantry is your scholarship, his reasonable accuracy, her irreducible minimum of education, and someone else’s ignorance".<ref>{{Cite book |title=Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English |date=2015 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=9780191800979 |editor-last=Butterfield |editor-first=Jeremy |edition=3rd |via=Oxford Reference}}</ref>
-==Etymology==
-{{wiktionary|pedant}}
-The [[English language]] word ''pedant'' comes from the [[French language|French]] ''pédant'' (used in 1566 in Darme & Hatzfeldster's ''Dictionnaire général de la langue française'') or its older mid-15th century [[Italian language|Italian]] source ''pedante'', 'teacher, schoolmaster'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=pédant|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/french-english/pedant|access-date=2021-06-02|website=dictionary.cambridge.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-05-29|title=Pedantic – Examples and Definition of Pedantic|url=https://literarydevices.net/pedantic/|access-date=2021-06-02|website=Literary Devices|language=en-US}}</ref> (Compare the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ''pedante.''<ref>{{Cite book|last=O'Brian|first=Robert D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JvHeAgAAQBAJ|title=A Comparative Vocabulary Study Guide: Spanish to Portuguese to English to Chinese|date=2014-02-18|publisher=First Edition Design Pub.|isbn=978-1-62287-544-3|language=en}}</ref>) The origin of the Italian ''pedante'' is uncertain, but several dictionaries suggest that it was contracted from the medieval [[Latin]] ''pædagogans,'' present [[participle]] of ''pædagogare'', 'to act as pedagogue, to teach' ([[Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange|Du Cange]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=pedant&submit.x=51&submit.y=23 |title= pedant|work=The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language|edition= Fifth |year= 2014 |publisher= Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company| access-date= 27 March 2015}}</ref> (see [[pedagogy]]).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-05-29|title=Pedantic - Examples and Definition of Pedantic|url=https://literarydevices.net/pedantic/|access-date=2021-08-31|website=Literary Devices|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Chambers|first=William|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3YKAAAAIAAJ|title=Chambers's Etymological Dictionary of the English Language|date=1878|publisher=W. & R. Chambers|language=en}}</ref> The Latin word is derived from [[Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|grc|παιδαγωγός}}, ''paidagōgós'', {{lang|grc|παιδ-}} 'child' + {{lang|grc|ἀγειν}} 'to lead', which originally referred to a slave who escorted children to and from school but later meant "a source of instruction or guidance".<ref>{{cite book |title=pedant, n. and adj. |work=The Oxford English Dictionary |edition=Draft |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |date=September 2008 |url=http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50173785 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807165750/http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50173785 |archive-date=2008-08-07 }}</ref><ref>{{OEtymD|pedant}}</ref>
-== Medical conditions ==
-[[Obsessive–compulsive personality disorder]] (OCPD) is in part characterized by a form of pedantry that is excessively concerned with the correct following of rules, procedures, and practices.<ref>[http://www.mentalhealth.com/icd/p22-pe10.html  Anankastic personality disorder] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010417102622/http://www.mentalhealth.com/icd/p22-pe10.html |date=2001-04-17 }}. [[International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems]] 10th Revision ([[ICD-10]]).</ref> Sometimes the rules that OCPD sufferers obsessively follow are of their own devising, or are corruptions or reinterpretations of the letter of actual rules.
-Pedantry can also be an indication of specific developmental disorders. In particular, people with [[Autism Spectrum Disorder]] (formerly [[Asperger syndrome]]) often have behaviour characterized by [[Stilted speech|pedantic speech]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aspennj.org/guide.html |title=Asperger's Syndrome: Guidelines for Assessment and Intervention |date=2007-04-07 |access-date=2013-07-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407104458/http://www.aspennj.org/guide.html |archive-date=April 7, 2007 }}</ref>
 == See also ==
 * [[Perfectionism (psychology)]]
+* [[Anti-Intellectualism]]
 == References ==
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