Hairsplitting
Synonyms for "hairsplitting" (135 found)
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Strong matches (41)
dodgingequivocationequivocatoryevasionevasiveexceptionfaultfindingfencingfinefinespunflakhairlinehedginghithome thrusthostile criticismhypercriticalhypercriticalnesshypercriticismhypersensitive
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hypersensitivityimputationknocklogic choppinglogic-choppingmicroscopic distinctionmorbid sensibilitymorbidly sensitivenaggingnicenice distinctionnigglenigglingnitnit pickingnit-picking
Noun(4 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Noun(8 words)
nuanceobloquyoverconscientiousoverconscientiousnessovercriticalovercriticalnessoverfastidiousoverfastidiousnessovermeticulousovermeticulousnessoverniceovernicenessovernicetyoverparticularoverparticularityoverpreciseoverrefinedoverrefinementoverscrupulousoverscrupulousness
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oversensitiveoversensitivityoversqueamishoversqueamishnesspalteringparryingpesteringpettifoggerypettifoggingpettypicayuneprevaricationpriggishnesspussyfootingquibblequibblingraprefinedreflectionreproachfulnesssegregationseparationshade of differenceshiftingshufflingsidesteppingslamstricturesubterfugesubtlesubtle distinctionswipetaking exceptiontergiversationtrichoschistictrichoschistismtriflingtrivialultracritical
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8 entriescasuistryconceptual precisionlexical distinctionminutiae analysisminutiae focusnitpickingsemantic distinctionsemantic nuance
Collocations
11 entriesacademic hairsplittingfine-grained analysishairsplitting analysishairsplitting approachhairsplitting argumenthairsplitting concernhairsplitting critiquehairsplitting detailhairsplitting tendencyminor distinctionpedantic argument