Pedant

(noun.) a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit.

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• But there I am perhaps somewhat of a pedant. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Try to judge the great beliefs that have swayed mankind by their inner logic or their empirical solidity and you stand forever, a dull pedant, apart from the interests of men. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• No wonder that mankind have been in the habit of calling statesmen of this class pedants, sophisters, doctrinaires, visionaries. 柏拉图. 理想国.

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