hairsplitting
a . 做无益的细小区别的,吹毛求疵的
n . 拘泥于细节
做无益的细小区别的,吹毛求疵的拘泥於细节
hairsplitting adj 1 :
developed in excessively fine detail ; "
finespun distinctions " [
synonym : {
finespun }, {
hairsplitting }]
n 1 :
making too fine distinctions of little importance ; "
they didn '
t take his hairsplitting seriously " [
synonym :
{
hairsplitting }, {
word -
splitting }]
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 ]
119 Moby Thesaurus words for "
hairsplitting ":
adverse criticism ,
animadversion ,
aspersion ,
bad notices ,
bad press ,
bickering ,
boggling ,
captious ,
captiousness ,
carping ,
cavil ,
caviling ,
censoriousness ,
chicane ,
chicanery ,
choplogic ,
contradistinction ,
critical ,
criticism ,
cynical ,
delicate ,
demarcation ,
differentiation ,
distinction ,
distinctiveness ,
distinguishment ,
division ,
dodging ,
equivocation ,
equivocatory ,
evasion ,
evasive ,
exception ,
faultfinding ,
fencing ,
finespun ,
flak ,
hairline ,
hedging ,
hit ,
home thrust ,
hostile criticism ,
hypercritical ,
hypercriticalness ,
hypercriticism ,
hypersensitive ,
hypersensitivity ,
imputation ,
knock ,
logic -
chopping ,
microscopic distinction ,
morbid sensibility ,
morbidly sensitive ,
nagging ,
nice ,
nice distinction ,
niggle ,
niggling ,
nit ,
nit -
picking ,
nuance ,
obloquy ,
overconscientious ,
overconscientiousness ,
overcritical ,
overcriticalness ,
overfastidious ,
overfastidiousness ,
overmeticulous ,
overmeticulousness ,
overnice ,
overniceness ,
overnicety ,
overparticular ,
overparticularity ,
overprecise ,
overrefined ,
overrefinement ,
overscrupulous ,
overscrupulousness ,
oversensitive ,
oversensitivity ,
oversqueamish ,
oversqueamishness ,
paltering ,
parrying ,
pestering ,
pettifoggery ,
pettifogging ,
petty ,
picayune ,
prevarication ,
priggishness ,
pussyfooting ,
quibble ,
quibbling ,
rap ,
refined ,
reflection ,
reproachfulness ,
segregation ,
separation ,
shade of difference ,
shifting ,
shuffling ,
sidestepping ,
slam ,
stricture ,
subterfuge ,
subtle ,
subtle distinction ,
swipe ,
taking exception ,
tergiversation ,
trichoschistic ,
trichoschistism ,
trifling ,
trivial ,
ultracritical
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