Thesaurus: hairsplitting

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1. a. Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle.
2. n. The act or practice of making trivial distinctions.
3. adj. developed in excessively fine detail
4. n. making too fine distinctions of little importance
5. 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.
6. Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning;subtle.-- n.
7. n. making too fine distinctions of little importance