mindmap root((空学)) pedantic implies ostentation in learning and stodginess in expression and may connote absorption in scholarly matters to the exclusion of truly significant issues: gave an infuriatingly ~ discourse on the matter. academic is likely to stress abstractness and a lack of practical experience and interests that deprive one of the ability to deal with realities: the economist's concerns seemed more ~ than practical. scholastic is likely to imply aridity, formalism, adherence to the letter, and sometimes subtlety: presented a hopelessly ~ argument. bookish may suggest learning derived from books rather than actualities: had about him an effete, ~ air. 这里actual=real