Pedantic vs Intellectualism - What's the difference?
pedantic | intellectualism |
Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner.
Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language.
The use or development of intellect.
The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.
As an adjective pedantic
is like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.As a noun intellectualism is
the use or development of intellect.pedantic
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Alternative forms
* pedantick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- "On the contrary, the fall was perfectly safe; it was the impact with the ground that killed him".