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How would you call someone like this?

We all know that a groundhog is a rodent. How should somebody be called who does insist that a groundhog is a hog because of the name and doesn't accept any other definition than this literal one?
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Ynotisay · M
I'd say they might fall under the banner of the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
Klesingo · 61-69, F
The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which low-ability individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly assessing their ability as much higher than it really is.
Bingo! Many thanks! 😊