Antonyms for quibblings
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kwib-ling |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɪb lɪŋ |
Definition of quibblings
Origin :- 1610s, "a pun, a play on words," probably a diminutive of obsolete quib "evasion of point at issue," based on an overuse of Latin quibus? in legal jargon, which supposedly gave it the association with trivial argument. Meaning "equivocation, evasion of the point" is attested from 1660s.
- As in speciousness : noun fallacy
- As in spuriousness : noun fallacy
- As in fallacy : noun illusion, misconception
- As in hairsplitting : noun nitpicking
- He had been worrying about these definitions and quibblings for four long restless years.
- Extract from : « Soul of a Bishop » by H. G. Wells
- They assume some chimerical notion, whence they think to derive some use, and which they endeavour to maintain by quibblings.
- Extract from : « Theodicy » by G. W. Leibniz
Synonyms for quibblings
- aberration
- ambiguity
- artifice
- bias
- bickering
- carping
- casuistry
- cavil
- caviling
- deceit
- deception
- deceptiveness
- delusion
- deviation
- elusion
- equivocation
- erratum
- erroneousness
- error
- evasion
- falsehood
- faultfinding
- faultiness
- flaw
- heresy
- illogicality
- inconsistency
- inexactness
- invalidity
- misapprehension
- miscalculation
- misconstrual
- misinterpretation
- mistake
- non sequitur
- notion
- paradox
- perfectionism
- perversion
- pettiness
- preconception
- prejudice
- quibbling
- quirk
- solecism
- sophism
- sophistry
- speciousness
- spuriousness
- subterfuge
- untruth
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