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Contexts Excessive concern with minor details and rules Behavior that is strictly proper, conventional or formal Behavior in accordance with accepted conventions within a given group Noun ▲ Excessive concern with minor details and rules pedantry dogmatism exactness literalism precision punctiliousness quibbling sophistry fastidiousness finicality finickiness meticulousness overscrupulousness perfectionism purism scrupulousness captiousness carping cavilingUS cavillingUK fault-finding hairsplitting hair-splitting pettifoggery pomposity casuistry nitpicking overnicety pettifogging laboriousness pedagogery pretension thoroughness unimaginativeness conscientiousness criticism faultfinding pettiness equivocation bickering niggling realism representationalism verismo naturalism verisimilitude fussiness rigorousness moaning complaining whining grumbling bleating griping grouching grousing nagging overnice nit-picking bellyaching Noun ▲ Behavior that is strictly proper, conventional or formal punctiliousness ceremony courteousness ceremonial ceremoniousness conformity decorum form formality nicety politeness pomp preciseness propriety protocol strictness formal courtesy etiquette conventionality politesse punctilio niceties formalities fuss good form attention to detail prescription primness correctness courtliness stateliness conventionalism ritual solemnity mummery smartness p's and q's red tape civilities conventionalities accepted behaviour rules of conduct done thing social graces thing to do decency standards social grace convenance social niceties convenances social conventions good manners customs conventions procedure courtesies proprieties manners couth civility mores rules code of behaviourUK courtesy code code of behaviorUS convention dignity proper behavior Noun ▲ Behavior in accordance with accepted conventions within a given group conformity conventionality orthodoxy traditionalism conservatism conformism fitting in following the crowd running with the pack swimming with the stream playing the game toeing the line conventionalism fundamentalism compliance groupthink ultraconservatism conformance conservativeness reactionaryism correctness unoriginality inflexibility properness propriety doctrinalism groupism received wisdom die-hardism predictability orthodoxness opposition preservation dogmatism conservativism reaction illiberalism unprogessiveness moderation obscurantism Find more words! 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