pedant

• Persona que presta una atención excesiva a los detalles menores, reglas formales o conocimientos académicos, a menudo hasta el punto de resultar irritante o mezquina.

A person who is excessively concerned with minor details, formal rules, or academic knowledge, often to the point of being annoying or trivial.

1. Overly formal scholarC1formal

   A person who is excessively concerned with minor details, rules, or academic knowledge, often at the expense of practical understanding.

   Pedante

   • The professor was such a pedant that he corrected everyone's grammar in casual conversation.
   • She's a pedant about historical dates, but she misses the bigger picture.
   • Don't be a pedant; the meaning of the sentence is clear even with the small error.

   Sinónimosdoctrinairedogmatisthairsplitternitpickerpuristquibbler

   Antónimosdilettantepragmatist