couper les cheveux en quatre noun (the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are neither important nor prominent)
diptérosodomie noun (the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are neither important nor prominent)
enculage de mouches noun (the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are neither important nor prominent)
pinaillage noun (the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are neither important nor prominent)

German

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Haarspalterei noun (the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are neither important nor prominent)

Hungarian

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szőrszálhasogatás noun (the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are neither important nor prominent)

Icelandic

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hártogun noun (the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are neither important nor prominent)

Norwegian Bokmål

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hårkløveri noun (the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are neither important nor prominent)

Russian

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въе́дливость noun (the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are neither important nor prominent)
дото́шность noun (the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are neither important nor prominent)
зану́дство noun (the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are neither important nor prominent)

Swedish

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hårklyveri noun (the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are neither important nor prominent)

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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.

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