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Wondering how to use Pedantry in a sentence? Below are 9 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as ostentation or fanfare.

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Pedantry in a sentence

Pedantry meaning

  1. An excessive attention to detail or rules.
  2. An instance of such behaviour.

Synonyms of Pedantry

ostentation fanfare flash

Related words

Other words often associated with Pedantry or its synonyms:

display tawdry puffiness air flashy largeness wink meretricious tasteless inflation gaudy pompousness

Pedantry vertaling naar Nederlands

betweterigheid frikkerigheid

Using Pedantry

  • The main meaning on this page is: An excessive attention to detail or rules. | An excessive attention to detail or rules. | An instance of such behaviour.
  • Useful related words include: ostentation, fanfare, flash.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: betweterigheid, frikkerigheid.
  • In the example corpus, pedantry often appears in combinations such as: of pedantry, and pedantry.

Context around Pedantry

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

opposed 1× fastidious 1× puerile 1× mere 1×

Often after:

pared 1×

Sentence patterns with Pedantry

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

from mere pedantry the vividness 1× grounds of pedantry then one 1× he opposed pedantry and ridiculed 1× ignorance and pedantry in the 1× point of pedantry 1× production puerile pedantry 1× s fastidious pedantry pared down 1× stiffness and pedantry 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

asparagus was also 1× despite this his 1× he opposed pedantry 1× hill is fastidious 1× innocent bystander if 1× jackson 1988 xxix 1×

Common sentence endings:

else to do 1× of his plots 1× of the text 1× point of pedantry 1× production puerile pedantry 1× scholar martinus scriblerus 1×

Words around Pedantry

Just before it in the word index:

pedantic 39 pedant 7 pedan 2 pedals 135 pedalos 2 pedalling 19

Just after it in the word index:

pedati 4 pedda 2 peddapalli 5 pedder 4 peddicord 4 peddie 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 12 abacos 12 abboud 12 abcon 12 abdelhamid 12 abdelkader 12

Corpus analysis for Pedantry

  • In this selection, "pedantry" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, opposed, fastidious, puerile and pared stand out and add context to how "pedantry" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include from mere pedantry the vividness and grounds of pedantry then one. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "pedantry" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with pedantry

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

This was my first production: puerile pedantry. (7 words)

Hill is fastidious about the facts to the point of pedantry. (11 words)

Despite this his work reveals a sure and brilliant hand, free from any trace of pedantry. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Asparagus was also corrupted in some places to "sparrow grass"; indeed, the Oxford English Dictionary quotes John Walker as having written in 1791 that "Sparrow-grass is so general that asparagus has an air of stiffness and pedantry". (38 words)

He opposed pedantry, and ridiculed artificial grammar rules unwarranted by natural English usage, such as bans on ending a sentence with a preposition ; rules on the placement of the word only; and rules distinguishing between which and that. (38 words)

Jackson (1988:xxix) Dr Chasuble and Miss Prism are characterised by a few light touches of detail, their old-fashioned enthusiasms, and the Canon's fastidious pedantry, pared down by Wilde during his many redrafts of the text. (38 words)

Example sentences (9)

Hill is fastidious about the facts to the point of pedantry.

Innocent Bystander: If one were to complain about every misleading name on grounds of pedantry, then one would have little else to do.

Asparagus was also corrupted in some places to "sparrow grass"; indeed, the Oxford English Dictionary quotes John Walker as having written in 1791 that "Sparrow-grass is so general that asparagus has an air of stiffness and pedantry".

Despite this his work reveals a sure and brilliant hand, free from any trace of pedantry.

He opposed pedantry, and ridiculed artificial grammar rules unwarranted by natural English usage, such as bans on ending a sentence with a preposition ; rules on the placement of the word only; and rules distinguishing between which and that.

Jackson (1988:xxix) Dr Chasuble and Miss Prism are characterised by a few light touches of detail, their old-fashioned enthusiasms, and the Canon's fastidious pedantry, pared down by Wilde during his many redrafts of the text.

The aim of the club was to satirise ignorance and pedantry in the form of the fictional scholar Martinus Scriblerus.

This was my first production: puerile pedantry.

To this classical model Jonson applied the two features of his style which save his classical imitations from mere pedantry: the vividness with which he depicted the lives of his characters, and the intricacy of his plots.

Common combinations with pedantry

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "pedantry" in a sentence?
An example: "Hill is fastidious about the facts to the point of pedantry." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "pedantry" from authentic English texts.
What does "pedantry" mean?
Pedantry means: An excessive attention to detail or rules.
What are synonyms of "pedantry"?
Common synonyms of "pedantry" include: ostentation, fanfare, flash.
What is "pedantry" in Dutch?
"pedantry" translates to Dutch as: betweterigheid, frikkerigheid.
How many example sentences with "pedantry" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "pedantry", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.