What does pedantic mean in a person?
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What does pedantic mean in a person?
Pedantic is an insulting word used to describe someone who annoys others by correcting small errors, caring too much about minor details, or emphasizing their own expertise especially in some narrow or boring subject matter.
What is pedantry and examples?
Pedantry is an excessive attention to the rules or paying strong attention to the minor points of learning. An example of pedantry is a friend standing in line for a show not letting another friend cut in line in front of them.
What does pedantic mean Oxford dictionary?
adjective. adjective. /pəˈdæntɪk/ (disapproving) too worried about small details or rules a pedantic insistence on the correct way of doing things.
Is being pedantic a good thing?
Pedantic Meaning: Almost Always an Insult Or the person who’s an expert in some narrow, boring topic—and makes sure everyone else know the extent of that expertise. Pedantic comes from the noun pedant, which originally wasn’t a bad thing to be: a pedant was a household tutor or a schoolteacher.
What is a Didact?
noun. a didactic person; one overinclined to instruct others.
How can I sound very intelligent?
Here are nine easily mastered techniques to quickly make yourself more eloquent and smarter sounding.
- Stand or sit with spine straight but relaxed.
- Keep your chin up.
- Focus on your listeners.
- Speak loudly enough to be heard.
- Buttress words with appropriate gestures.
- Strategically position your body.
What is a Diadac?
1 : two individuals (as husband and wife) maintaining a sociologically significant relationship. 2 : a meiotic chromosome after separation of the two homologous members of a tetrad. Other Words from dyad. dyadic \ dī-ˈad-ik \ adjective. dyadically \ -i-k(ə-)lē \ adverb.
What is a Didec?
didact (plural didacts) a didactic person. a person gifted, trained, or intending to instruct.
