Pedantry

Person obsessed with detail or process, often negatively perceived
"The Pedant" by caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson

Pedantry (/ˈpɛd.ən.tri/ PED-en-try) is an excessive concern with formalism, accuracy, and precision, or an ostentatious and arrogant show of learning.

See also

  • Perfectionism (psychology)
  • Anti-Intellectualism

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