How do you pronounce pedant?

pedant is pronounced as /ˈpɛdənt/.

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pedant

👨‍🏫pedant (pédant)

noun

/ˈpɛdənt/

persona pedante (persona pedante)

pedal pedantic

Meaning

A person who is excessively concerned with minor details or rules, often in a showy way.

Traducción del significado

una persona que está excesivamente preocupada por los detalles o reglas menores

una persona que esta excesivamente preocupada por los detalles o reglas menores

Oraciones de ejemplo

The professor was criticized as a pedant who focused too much on trivial details.

El profesor fue criticado como un pedante que se centraba demasiado en los detalles triviales.

Synonyms

scholar, bookworm, nitpicker, purist, doctrinaire

Antonyms

layman, ignoramus, amateur

Colocaciones

grammar pedant, academic pedant, pedant style, pedant attitude

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