pedantics noun2 •Pedantic details.I deal with this type of thing every day and while I do not go into pedantics we must have scientific evidence gathered in each area to put the problem into perspective. — 1976 •Pedantry; the quality of being pedantic.It has to be imaginative, but at the same time we have to do a certain amount of pedantics. What I might call pedantic research to answer the questions that our first witness has to have each year. — 1975