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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Hairsplitting (0.02054 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Hairsplitting.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hairsplitting
hairsplitting
adj : developed in excessively fine detail;
“finespun
distinctions” [syn:
finespun]
n : making too fine distinctions of little importance;
“they
didn't take his hairsplitting seriously” [syn:
word-splitting]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hairsplitting
Hairsplitting
\Hair"split`ting\ (-t[i^]ng), a.
Making excessively fine or trivial distinctions in reasoning;
overly subtle. -- n. The act or practice of making trivial
distinctions.
[1913 Webster]
The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special
pleading. --Charles
Sumner.
[1913 Webster]
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