pedantries in English
noun
1
excessive concern with minor details and rules.
to object to this is not mere pedantry
synonyms:dogmatismpurismliteralismformalismoverscrupulousnessscrupulousnessperfectionismfastidiousnesspunctiliousnessmeticulousnesscaptiousnessquibblinghair-splittingcasuistrysophistrynitpicking
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1. He rebuked them for their pedantries and obstinacies.
2. Synonyms for Academicisms include pedantries, intellectualisms, pomposities, pretentiousnesses, bookishness, donnishness, dullnesses, eruditions, pedagogisms and