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Hairsplitting
Hairsplitting meaning
Alternative form of hair-splitting.
Synonyms of Hairsplitting
Example sentences (4)
The hairsplitting this time is not so much over Obasanjo’s electoral value.
The average voter isn't interested in hairsplitting between "social democrat" and "democratic socialist".
For example, the comic playwright Aristophanes criticizes the sophists as hairsplitting wordsmiths, and makes Socrates their representative.
The term "pilpul" was increasingly applied derogatorily to novellae deemed casuistic and hairsplitting.