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hairsplitting |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hairsplitting \Hair"split`ting\, a. Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle. -- n. The act or practice of making trivial distinctions. The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special pleading. --Charles Sumner. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hairsplitting adj : developed in excessively fine detail; "finespun distinctions" [syn: {finespun}] n : making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously" [syn: {word-splitting}]
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