All pedantry synonyms
ped·ant·ry
P p noun pedantry
- grandstand play — an ostentatious play, as in a sport, overemphasized deliberately to elicit applause from spectators.
- display — to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign.
- for show — in order to impress, for display only
- ostentatiousness — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
- bravura — If you say that someone is doing something with bravura, you mean that they are using unnecessary extra actions that emphasize their skill or importance.
- fussiness — excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
- learnedness — The quality of being learned.
- bravure — Music. a florid passage or piece requiring great skill and spirit in the performer.
- frame up — a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
- expo — A large exhibition.
- arrayal — the act or process of arraying
- frame-up — a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
- literalism — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- erudition — The quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship.
- intellectuality — the quality or state of being intellectual.
adjective pedantry
- hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.