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Webster 1913 Edition
Hairsplitting
Hair′splitˊting
(-tĭng)
, Adj.
Making excessively fine or trivial distinctions in reasoning; overly subtle.
– Noun.
The act or practice of making trivial distinctions.
The ancient
hairsplitting
technicalities of special pleading. Charles Sumner.
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See also: hair-splitting