hair-splitting
See also: hairsplitting
English
Etymology
- From the gerund form of split hairs
Pronunciation
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Noun
hair-splitting (countable and uncountable, plural hair-splittings)
- (idiomatic) the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are probably neither important nor noticeable to most people.
- 2006, Ian Aitken, in The Guardian, Richard Clements Obituary
- Dick's Tribune poked endless fun at the hair-splitting sectarianism of the various Trotskyist groups jostling on the fringes of the Labour party at that time.
- 2006, Ian Aitken, in The Guardian, Richard Clements Obituary
Synonyms
Translations
the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are neither important nor prominent
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