Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pedantism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pedan-tism
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Behaving or acting in the manner of a pedant; pedantry.

Example Sentences

"In this queer pedantism of a man who had read, thought, lived, pen in hand, there is the sincerity of the attempt to grapple by the same means with another profounder knowledge."

Etymology

Etymology tree English pedant Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English pedantism From pedant + -ism.

Inflected Forms

pedantisms (plural)

Synonyms

pedanticism pedantry

Questions

What does pedantism mean?: Behaving or acting in the manner of a pedant; pedantry.
Where does pedantism come from?: Etymology tree English pedant Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English pedantism From pedant + -ism.

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