Meaning Of The Word Pedant

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pedant
countable noun: If you say that someone is a pedant, you mean that they are too concerned with unimportant details or traditional rules, especially in connection with academic subjects.

pedant in American English
a person who puts unnecessary stress on minor or trivial points of learning, displaying a scholarship lacking in judgment or sense of proportion
noun: a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning

pedant in British English
noun: a person who relies too much on academic learning or who is concerned chiefly with insignificant detail

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