Nitpickiness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being nitpicky; pedantry over trivia. uncountable

    "Putting aside the nitpickiness of the complaint — “plenitude” originates in Latin, “fullness” doesn’t — “plenitude” also has philosophical associations running from Aristotle to St. Thomas Aquinas to David Lewis."

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"Putting aside the nitpickiness of the complaint — “plenitude” originates in Latin, “fullness” doesn’t — “plenitude” also has philosophical associations running from Aristotle to St. Thomas Aquinas to David Lewis."

Etymology

From nitpicky + -ness.

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