| 单词 | pedantry |
| 释义 | pedantry (once / 4545 pages) n You know that person who is always interrupting other people, correcting their grammar or their facts? That's pedantry, or inappropriately showing off your knowledge. The noun pedantry refers to the behavior of a pedant, which comes from the French word pédant, meaning “schoolmaster.” While it is a schoolmaster's job to ensure that students learn, someone who is guilty of pedantry just seems to brag, using his or her knowledge to get attention or seem better educated than the people around him or her. WORD FAMILYpedantry: pedantries+/pedant: pedantic, pedants/pedantic: pedantically, pedantry USAGE EXAMPLESHe has a living, loose line that stops them descending into mere pedantry. The Guardian(Nov 08, 2016) Wikipedia is hardly perfect — it’s known for its pedantry, sexism, and epic edit wars. Washington Post(Oct 25, 2016) Magritte paints with a sincere amateur’s pedantry and a belief in the perspective tradition that would please the most conservative connoisseur. The Guardian(Sep 22, 2016) n an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning Hyper fanfare, flash, ostentation a gaudy outward display |
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