Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pedanticism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pedan-ti-cism
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Yet her dance-and-music spectacle, ending with the phrase “You need to rebel against negativity,” teems with pedanticism."

Etymology

From pedantic + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pedantic

Usage

Inflected Forms

pedanticisms (plural)

Questions

What does pedanticism mean?: pedantry
Where does pedanticism come from?: From pedantic + -ism.

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