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Define Pedantic Meaning

Pedantic
A state of mind which is about caring a lot about formalities, often more than necessary. One may be called pedantic when he/she points out corrections in unimportant details.

Okay okay, so there were five people there instead of four, no need to be pedantic. Now anyway...
By Beth
Pedantic
The nitpickery of the english language that drives the less detail oriented insane...often mistaken as a tool to impress others when in fact it is annoying

I love it when you dominate our conversations through critiquing my word usage and completely avoiding the central arguments, you pedantic fuck.
By Nisse
Pedantic
Ostentatious regarding one's intelligence. Using this word also makes you this word.

Bob: I find the professor's voice mellifluous and her logic trenchant, even if a bit pedantic.

Jim: I find YOU a bit pedantic.
By Honoria
Pedantic
Pointing out unnecessary minutiae in order to call attention to one's pretentiousness.

I suppose you can forgive them because part of their job is paying attention to detail, but you best be pedantic as fuck if you want to fit in on an engineering team.
By Giselle
Pedantic
Showing one's intelligence more than is necessary.

David Pearce could be pedantic if he so chose.
By Charmain
Pedantic
someone who does things "by the book" to an extent that it overrides intuition

that's one bad teacher, she's so pedantic
By Midge
Pedantic
A tendency toward involuntary discovery of evidence suggesting widespread ignorance and/or ineptitude, esp. with regard to linguistic communication.

There were days when Lisa's instinctive pedantry threatened to overwhelm her.
By Lianne
Pedant
one who acts in the role as teacher/lecturer, often without invitation. Usually considered pejorative.

Check out that dude over there: he's a pedant. If you say the word 'grape', he'll be talking about wine for a long, long time.
By Margit
Pedant
A dogmatic ergo annoying person

Maddy exemplifies one perfectly
By Deeyn
Pedant
A person is obsessed with trying to be smart but is incredibly annoying in the process

Me: Sam is a dumb dumb
Sam: you have to use the word pedant in the dictionary example
By Loutitia