Synonyms and Antonyms for Pedantry

Following is a list of 200 synonym words and phrases that are related to pedantry:

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5 Letter Words

cavil

6 Letter Words

pedantbathospurismcavilsdotagedoting

7 Letter Words

pedantsegotismgrammaranalityneologyelitismplebiansoupcontwaddleinanitypalaverblatheresthetefatuitypolemicstylismfussing

8 Letter Words

pedanticarchaismfolderolpolemicssnobberysciolistdiatribepleonasmraillerydrollerycavilingperiergyoverzeal

9 Letter Words

dogmatismcavillingpuerilitypompositylogorrheaprolixitygarrulitytautologyverbalismsyllepsistersenesswordinessflippancyeruditionverbosityhyperboleinutilitypleonasmscasuistrychicanerycretinismauctorialparataxisnitpickerparsimonytritenesscrudenesstheologicpettinesspedanticsperiergia

10 Letter Words

pretensionpersiflageprissinessbalderdashpolitenesssnootinesstrivialitysloppinesssanctimonyobtusenessgrammariancussednesspolemicismjournalesenitpickingliteralismcomicalityphilistine

11 Letter Words

pompousnessrodomontadebookishnessboorishnessacademicismdidacticismbelabouringanachronismmisanthropysuperfluityfatuousnessrebarbativereactionismtoolishnessbureaucracyovercaution

12 Letter Words

philistinismparochialismpedanticallydilettantismimpertinencepettifoggingpettifoggerytactlessnessslovenlinesslexicographygrammatologyepicureanismobscurantismliterarinessanglocentriccocksurenessoverdelicacysuperstitionoverneatnessoveremphasisoverdevotionoverseverityoveraccuracyoveranalysisoversubtletyoverkeennessovercourtesyoverrankness

13 Letter Words

facetiousnesshairsplittingpontificationcondescensionofficiousnessscholarlinessunreadabilityprovincialismpolysyllablesprovincialitygarrulousnessarbitrarinessovercuriosityoverattentionoverdogmatismovercriticismoveringenuityoverdiligencehyperdelicacyoversolemnity

14 Letter Words

longwindednessprescriptivismcircumlocutioncircumlocutorycensoriousnessfastidiousnessloquaciousnesscondescendenceoverinsistencehypercriticismoverregulationoverclevernessoverrefinementoversolicitudeoverdecorationperfectionitisbureaucratitisoverenthusiasm

15 Letter Words

intellectualismpretentiousnesspunctiliousnesstendentiousnessecclesiasticismcircumlocutionslexicographicaloverelaborationoverarrangementhyperobservanceovercuriousnessdepartmentalismmicromanagementovercleanlinessoverlearnednesshyperenthusiasm

16 Letter Words

presumptuousnesssuperciliousnesspreposterousnessoverstudiousnessovertechnicalityovercriticalnessovercautiousnessovercarelessness

17 Letter Words

unintelligibilityoverparticularityovermasterfulnessoverembellishmentoverpreoccupation

18 Letter Words

overobsequiousnessoverspecialization

19 Letter Words

intellectualisation

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