noun
Refers to an excessive concern with minor details, rules, or academic knowledge, often in a way that is annoying or showy. Used in similar contexts as the English word.
彼のペダントリーにはうんざりする。
I'm fed up with his pedantry.
その教授の講義はペダントリーに満ちていた。
The professor's lecture was full of pedantry.