Vocabulary_ Is it good to disagree?

pedantic
focusing too much on the small details or formal rules
He was disgusted at the pedantic teaching of his own day, and he insisted that the
teaching of words and things must go together.

hierarchy
a way of organising people according to their importance 
The government surveyed rural monasteries and schools, and reconstituted the
ecclesiastical hierarchy .

contempt
a dislike or lack of respect for someone or something 
He will be charged with contempt of court.

a point of view
someone’s perspective on something 
He brought her around to my point of view.

civility
polite behaviour  
Civility is the second casualty of political debate.

stagnation
staying the same and not developing

Throughout Europe the 18th century was less an era of stagnation than of transition.