hairsplitting: Meaning and Definition of
hair•split•ting
Pronunciation: (hâr'split"ing), [key]
— n.
- the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
—adj.
- characterized by such distinctions: the hairsplitting arguments of a political debate.
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