pedantry
noun
[ ˈpɛd(ə)ntri ]
• excessive concern with minor details and rules.
• "to object to this is not mere pedantry"
Similar:
dogmatism,
purism,
literalism,
formalism,
overscrupulousness,
scrupulousness,
precision,
exactness,
perfectionism,
fastidiousness,
punctiliousness,
meticulousness,
finickiness,
finicality,
captiousness,
quibbling,
hair-splitting,
fault-finding,
cavilling,
carping,
casuistry,
sophistry,
nitpicking,
pettifogging,
pettifoggery,
pretentiousness,
pomposity,
pompousness,
dullness,
tedium,
intellectualism,
academicism,
scholasticism,
scholarliness,
erudition,
studiousness,
didacticism,
bookishness,
pedagogism,
donnishness,
