noun
- instances of excessive concern with minor details or rules, especially in teaching or scholarship
Usage: plural of pedantry
Examples
- The professor’s pedantries about citation format frustrated many students.
- His constant pedantries made the meeting drag on for hours.
- She grew tired of her colleague’s pedantries about grammar rules.
- The editor’s pedantries improved the accuracy but slowed the process.
- Academic pedantries often obscure rather than clarify important ideas.
- The teacher’s pedantries about handwriting seemed outdated to parents.