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Synonyms for hairsplitting
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hair-split-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛərˌsplɪt ɪŋ |
Définition of hairsplitting
- noun nitpicking
- Of what practical use then, it may be asked, is all this hairsplitting?
- Extract from : « Some Principles of Maritime Strategy » by Julian Stafford Corbett
- Hairsplitting terms like this I do not often employ, but, blessings on the head of Cadmus!
- Extract from : « Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium » by Jessie H. Bancroft
- The mass of the party, he said, did not trouble their heads about theories, but plodded along unmindful of hairsplitting.
- Extract from : « Socialism and Democracy in Europe » by Samuel P. Orth
- It was fine legal reasoning, not without some of that hairsplitting for which Jefferson reproached Randolph.
- Extract from : « Thomas Jefferson » by Gilbert Chinard
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