Anonymous ID: 177081 Aug. 29, 2020, 7:15 p.m. No.10467606   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

The definition of pedantic is someone who is very concerned with the details of a subject and tends to overly show off their knowledge. An example of someone who is pedantic is a person at a party who bores everyone while talking at length about the origin and details of a particular piece of pottery.

Anonymous ID: 177081 Aug. 29, 2020, 7:15 p.m. No.10467611   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a pedant or pedantry; overrating the importance of mere learning; also, making an undue or inappropriate display of learning; of language, style, etc., exhibiting pedantry; absurdly learned: as, a pedantic air.

Anonymous ID: 177081 Aug. 29, 2020, 7:17 p.m. No.10467635   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>7680

What does shallow and pedantic mean?

โ€œPedanticโ€ is used to describe someone who presents himself as a teacher, especially an overbearing preachy one. Therefore, a person who is shallow and pedantic is someone who is annoyingly preachy but who has nothing to back it up or is plain wrong.

Anonymous ID: 177081 Aug. 29, 2020, 7:18 p.m. No.10467642   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>7655

What does didactic mean in English?

adjective. intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry. inclined to teach or lecture others too much: a boring, didactic speaker. teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson.

Anonymous ID: 177081 Aug. 29, 2020, 7:18 p.m. No.10467648   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

What is the best meaning of pedantry?

Pedantry definitions

 

of a pedant; ostentatious display of knowledge, or an instance of this. โ€ฆ Pedantry is an excessive attention to the rules or paying strong attention to the minor points of learning.

Anonymous ID: 177081 Aug. 29, 2020, 7:18 p.m. No.10467653   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>7679

What is pedantic speech?

Pedantic speech refers to an overly formal speaking style that is inappropriate to the conversational setting. It can be characterized by didactic patterns of prosody and very precise articulation, as well as unnecessarily complex vocabulary.

Anonymous ID: 177081 Aug. 29, 2020, 7:19 p.m. No.10467658   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

What is a didactic purpose?

Something that is didactic is intended to teach people something, especially a moral lesson. [formal] In totalitarian societies, art exists for didactic purposes. Synonyms: instructive, educational, enlightening, moral More Synonyms of didactic. 2.

Anonymous ID: 177081 Aug. 29, 2020, 7:20 p.m. No.10467671   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>7683 >>7805

What is the difference between didactic and pedagogy?

While didactics is a discipline that is essentially concerned with the science of teaching and instruction for any given field of study, pedagogy is focused more specifically on the strategies, methods and various techniques associated with teaching and instruction.

Anonymous ID: 177081 Aug. 29, 2020, 7:20 p.m. No.10467678   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

What does it mean to be dogmatic?

asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated: I refuse to argue with someone so dogmatic that he won't listen to reason.

Anonymous ID: 177081 Aug. 29, 2020, 7:21 p.m. No.10467688   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>7739

What is a synonym for pretentious?

overambitious, pompous, artificial, flatulent, inflated, overblown, overripe, fustian, hyperventilated, mannered, high-flown, high-sounding, flowery, grandiose, big, grand, elaborate, extravagant, heroic, flamboyant, ornate, grandiloquent, magniloquent, bombastic, turgid, orotund, rhetorical, oratorical.

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Anonymous ID: 177081 Aug. 29, 2020, 7:21 p.m. No.10467691   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

Who is a pedantic person?

Pedantic is an insulting word used to describe someone who annoys others by correcting small errors, caring too much about minor details, or emphasizing their own expertise especially in some narrow or boring subject matter.

Anonymous ID: 177081 Aug. 29, 2020, 7:22 p.m. No.10467699   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

What is a didactic poem?

Didactic poems are normally addressed to a particular individual who is seen as the primary object of instruction and acts as a model for the reader. โ€ฆ The text generally encourages the reader to identify with the addressee, though exceptions exist (e.g. Perses in Hesiod's Works and Days).

Anonymous ID: 177081 Aug. 29, 2020, 7:25 p.m. No.10467740   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

What does Occam's Razor mean?

Occam's razor, Ockham's razor, Ocham's razor (Latin: novacula Occami) or law of parsimony (Latin: lex parsimoniae) is the problem-solving principle that "entities should not be multiplied without necessity."

Anonymous ID: 177081 Aug. 29, 2020, 7:26 p.m. No.10467749   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>7773

Can pessimists be happy?

Optimists tend to feel happier in general, and pessimists tend to feel less happy than that. But if you're a pessimist, it's always possible to learn how to become an optimist.

Anonymous ID: 177081 Aug. 29, 2020, 7:27 p.m. No.10467759   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>7791

How do you deal with a pessimist person?

Be assertive.

 

If the pessimistic person is bothering you in some way or affecting you negatively, let her know. Say you're sorry that she sees things that way but you see things differently. Use โ€œI statements.โ€ I feel _ when you ___. Focus on your own feelings rather than on the other person's actions.

Anonymous ID: 177081 Aug. 29, 2020, 7:28 p.m. No.10467777   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>7780 >>7864

What can be explained by stupidity?

Hanlon's razor is an aphorism, "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity", known in several other forms. It is a philosophical razor which suggests a way of eliminating unlikely explanations for human behavior.

Anonymous ID: 177081 Aug. 29, 2020, 7:29 p.m. No.10467785   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

What is the opposite of Occam's razor?

While Occam's razor suggests that the simplest explanation is the most likely, implying in medicine that diagnosticians should assume a single cause for multiple symptoms, one form of Hickam's dictum states: "A man can have as many diseases as he damn well pleases." The principle is attributed to John Hickam, MD.

Anonymous ID: 177081 Aug. 29, 2020, 7:30 p.m. No.10467793   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

What is the opposite of ameliorate?

ameliorate. Antonyms: debase, depress, deteriorate, injure, impair, vitiate, spoil, mar. Synonyms: improve, raise, better, advantage, promote, advance, amend, rectify, meliorate.