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pedanticism

Pedanticism is a practised by people so focused on errors that they sometimes end up missing the errors of their own.

Pendanticism is related to perfectionism in the fashion that the individual practicing this form of perfectionism always are experiencing the need to correct 'faults' until absolute 'perfection'.

If this person spots an error, they have to correct it, even if it would be deemed unneccessary by other individuals.

Sometimes the error they feel the urge to correct the errors that are not even there. This often leads to conflicts, where a more immature person might start peckering even further about inexistant errors.
Pedanticist:
OMG, nub u liek cnat spell! Taht word isnt spelld liek that!!

Victim for unmotivated correction:
Before you start peckering me with your inexistant errors, perhaps you should take a look at your own pedanticist-behaviours.

There are definitive downsides of pedanticism, as you can see.
pedanticism by PlentyofLingon May 30, 2009
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pedanticism

The incorrect word for pedantry. Used by ignorant people trying to sound smart by putting an "-ism" at the end of any word to make it a noun.
"Enough with the pedanticism and let us eat."
"The word is pedantry."
pedanticism by Pedantry_Personified November 10, 2015
I do not care for your pedantics, Annie. I will use my words how I choose.
pedantics by Tastiest Avenger September 11, 2023

Pedanticise 

The practise of being a pedant
Dont pedanticise, you know what I'm trying to say
Pedanticise by Gembolina April 22, 2007

pedanticist 

Someone who declares other people to be pedantic
Johnny called me a pedant when I corrected him on the "your" vs "you're" thing. He's such a pedanticist.

redanticism 

(n.) the act or the practice of being falsely instructional, so as to purvey a modicum of fealty to those who obey and/or believe in the bullshit.
"Hey, when Trump said 'Build the Wall', it made me want to reverse rape one of those Mexicans! That is how deep my redanticism goes!"
redanticism by ssppuunn December 10, 2016

pedantism 

A word for people to use who aren’t shitty and don’t want to use a stupider word with the same meaning so it doesn’t even matter anyways who care’s if it’s in the REAL dictionary
“i was just about to remark on the pedantism of that argument
pedantism by FuckLightyear April 21, 2021
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