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Pettifoggery

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The actions of a pettifogger; a trivial quarrel.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The practice of a pettifogger; conduct becoming to a pettifogger; tricks; quibbles.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a quarrel about petty points

Word Usage

"This proves, according to Ezra, that conservative and Republican opposition to the current iteration of the individual mandate is just legal pettifoggery and political opportunism."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

words run-in wrangle row quarrel

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

quibbles spat fuss squabble quibble