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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Pedantry

/pĕd'-ən-trē/ · Ped·ant·ry · IPA /ˈpɛd.ən.tɹi/
01 n. The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning.
  1. 1.
    The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning.
    “'T is a practice that savors much of pedantry.” Sir T. Browne.