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pedantic | pragmatics |

As an adjective pedantic

is like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.

As a noun pragmatics is

(linguistics) the study of the use of language in a social context.

pedantic

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Alternative forms

* pedantick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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.
    • "On the contrary, the fall was perfectly safe; it was the impact with the ground that killed him".

    Related terms

    * pedant * pedantry

    Synonyms

    * (like a pedant) anal-retentive, fussy, nit-picky * (knowledge-peacock) (sometimes applicable) nit-picky, ostentatious, pedagogical, pretentious * (linguistically affected) fussy, nit-picky * See also

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    pragmatics

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    Noun

    (wikipedia pragmatics) (-)
  • (linguistics) The study of the use of language in a social context.