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衒学的 (gengakuteki) Japanese meaning: pedantic | Kotomora
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His pedantic explanation was, on the contrary, hard to understand.
Please speak more concisely without taking a pedantic attitude.
Kanji 衒 show off, display, pretend 学 study, learning, science 的 bull's eye, mark, target Related words 学がく 者しゃ ぶる 衒学的 is more about showing off knowledge in a narrow, academic way, while 学者ぶる means acting like a scholar, often pretentiously.
知ち 識しき 自じ 慢まん 知識自慢 is a noun meaning 'boasting of one's knowledge', whereas 衒学的 is an adjective describing the pedantic quality itself.
Etymology From 衒学 (げんがく, 'pedantry') + 的 (てき, '-like'). The word 衒学 is derived from 衒 (to show off) and 学 (learning).
