Definitions | pedantry |
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- The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning.
- Winston Churchill was once informed that one should not end a sentence with a preposition. His response was, That is the sort of arrogant up with I will not put. (Phrasing it that way so that he did not again use 'with' as the last word of the sentence.)
Translations: - French: pédanterie
- German: Pedantry
- Spanish: pedantería
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