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Her disbelief at bureacratic pedantry reaches a fever pitch as her desperation increases, resulting in a scene reminiscent of Judy Hopps and Flash the Sloth at the DMV in Zootopia.
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Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024
The inflated pedantry of his style, all those technical-sounding terms and incantatory clauses in the service of a simple idea, seems practically comic, but Kushner presents it earnestly, without a hint of irony.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Effectively countering that technique probably requires some combination of quick thinking, verbal dexterity, brilliant stagecraft and (to avoid accusations of pedantry) humor.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
But pedantry and self-consciousness can wreck the pleasures of nostalgia.
—Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
As always in Davis’s fiction, an almost imperceptible line divides pedantry from precision, enthusiasm from solipsism.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2023
Eventually, the adrenaline of breaking news gave way to a distaste for transactional back-scratching and pedantry of congressional procedure.
—Kara Voght, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
Collage: The Verge And yet, to point all this out seems like pedantry because the image undeniably looks real — for a certain definition of real, anyway.
—James Vincent, The Verge, 27 Mar. 2023
Is this persnicketiness some sort of meta take on LOTR fan pedantry?
—Vulture, 3 Feb. 2022
Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024
The inflated pedantry of his style, all those technical-sounding terms and incantatory clauses in the service of a simple idea, seems practically comic, but Kushner presents it earnestly, without a hint of irony.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Effectively countering that technique probably requires some combination of quick thinking, verbal dexterity, brilliant stagecraft and (to avoid accusations of pedantry) humor.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
But pedantry and self-consciousness can wreck the pleasures of nostalgia.
—Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
As always in Davis’s fiction, an almost imperceptible line divides pedantry from precision, enthusiasm from solipsism.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2023
Eventually, the adrenaline of breaking news gave way to a distaste for transactional back-scratching and pedantry of congressional procedure.
—Kara Voght, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
Collage: The Verge And yet, to point all this out seems like pedantry because the image undeniably looks real — for a certain definition of real, anyway.
—James Vincent, The Verge, 27 Mar. 2023
Is this persnicketiness some sort of meta take on LOTR fan pedantry?
—Vulture, 3 Feb. 2022
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“Pedantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedantry. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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