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hairsplitter

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hair⋅split⋅ting

  [hair-split-ing]
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–noun
1. the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
–adjective
2. characterized by such distinctions: the hairsplitting arguments of a political debate.
Origin:
1820–30; hair + splitting

Related forms:
hairsplitter, noun

Synonyms:
2. quibbling, niggling, nitpicking, captious.
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hair·split·ting   (hâr'splĭt'ĭng)   
n.  The making of unreasonably fine distinctions.
hair'split'ter n., hair'split'ting adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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