slovo | definícia |
hairsplitting (encz) | hairsplitting,pedantství n: Zdeněk Brož |
hairsplitting (encz) | hairsplitting,puntičkářský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Hairsplitting (gcide) | Hairsplitting \Hair"split`ting\ (-t[i^]ng), a.
Making excessively fine or trivial distinctions in reasoning;
overly subtle. -- n. The act or practice of making trivial
distinctions.
[1913 Webster]
The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special
pleading. --Charles
Sumner.
[1913 Webster] |
hairsplitting (wn) | hairsplitting
adj 1: developed in excessively fine detail; "finespun
distinctions" [syn: finespun, hairsplitting]
n 1: making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they
didn't take his hairsplitting seriously" [syn:
hairsplitting, word-splitting] |
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Hairsplitting (gcide) | Hairsplitting \Hair"split`ting\ (-t[i^]ng), a.
Making excessively fine or trivial distinctions in reasoning;
overly subtle. -- n. The act or practice of making trivial
distinctions.
[1913 Webster]
The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special
pleading. --Charles
Sumner.
[1913 Webster] |
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