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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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+'''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]]]]
-'''Pedantry''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɛ|d|.|ə|n|.|t|ɹ|i}} {{Respell|PED|en|try}}) is an excessive concern with [[Formalism (philosophy)|formalism]], [[accuracy and precision|accuracy, and precision]], or an ostentatious and arrogant show of learning. Stubborn and excessive concern with minor details and rules, demanding others to follow them.
+''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>
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