Hairsplitting

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The making of unreasonably fine distinctions.
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  • n. The act of considering or arguing about fine details, or worrying about minutiae.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Making excessively fine or trivial distinctions in reasoning; overly subtle.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act or practice of making sophistical or over-nice distinctions in reasoning.
  • Making sophistical or over-nice distinctions in reasoning; also, made by such reasoning.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. making too fine distinctions of little importance
  • adj. developed in excessively fine detail
    • Equivalent
    precise   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    distinction    differentiation   
    Cross Reference
    split hairs   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    caviling    refinement   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    substitutionary    orchidaceous    śivaite    sex/gender    fluorescent-lit   
     
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