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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. making too fine distinctions of little importance;
- Example: "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously"
[syn: hairsplitting, word-splitting]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

word-splitting
    n 1: making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they
         didn't take his hairsplitting seriously" [syn:
         hairsplitting, word-splitting]