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hairsplitter

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1. n. One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles. Source: opted
2. n. a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions Source: wordnet
3. One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles. "The caviling hairsplitter." De Quincey. Source: webster
4. One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions inreasoning; one who quibbles. "The caviling hairsplitter." De Quincey. Source: adambom
5. n. a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions Source: ecdict

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distinctions excessively needless nice quibbles caviling disputant fine reasoning unreasonably

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