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1 hairsplitting
A s Haarspalterei fB adj haarspalterisch, spitzfindig* * *adj.haarspalterisch adj. expr.Haarspalterei treiben ausdr. n.Mäkelei -en f. -
2 hair-drawn
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3 fontoskodás
(DE) Aufheben {s}; Schaumschlägerei {e}; Tuerei {e}; Wichtigtuerei {e}; Anstellerei {e}; Gedöns {s}; (EN) buckram; cockiness; consequentiality; fuss; hairsplitting; nosism; pragmatism; priggery; priggishness; self-importance -
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(DE) Haarspalterei {e}; Krittelei {e}; Wortklauberei {e}; Beckmesserei {e}; Lehrhaftigkeit {e}; Scholastizismus {r}; Vernünftelei {e}; (EN) casuistry; fault-finding; hair-splitting; hairsplitting; logic-choppering; micrology; niggling; nit-picking; quiddity; quillet; word-catching; word-splitting -
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(DE) Haarspalter {r}; Phrasendrescher {r}; Wortklauber {r}; haarspalterisch; pingelig; wortklauberisch; Deutler {r}; Kalmäuser {r}; Quackeler {r}; Räsoneur {r}; Silbenklauber {r}; Silbenstecher {r}; Vernünftler {r}; i-Tüpferl-Reiter {r}; krickelig; krittelig; quackeln; (EN) casuist; contradictious; fault-finder; fault-finding; finical; finicking; finicky; fuddy-duddy; hair-splitter; hair-splitting; hairsplitting; logic-chopper; make two bites at a cherry; over-neat; over-nice; over-scrupulous; pernickety; picky; punctilious; reasoner; sticky; straw-splitter; wire-drawn; wiredrawn; word-catcher
См. также в других словарях:
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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hairsplitting — index particular (exacting) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hairsplitting — [n] nitpicking bickering, carping, caviling, faultfinding, perfectionism, pettiness, quibbling, sophistry; concepts 671,706 … New thesaurus
hairsplitting — [her′split΄iŋ] adj., n. making overnice or petty distinctions; quibbling hairsplitter n … English World dictionary
hairsplitting — hairsplitter, n. /hair split ing/, n. 1. the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions. adj. 2. characterized by such distinctions: the hairsplitting arguments of a political debate. [1820 30; HAIR + SPLITTING] Syn. 2. quibbling, niggling,… … Universalium
hairsplitting — hair•split•ting [[t]ˈhɛərˌsplɪt ɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) cvb the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions 2) cvb characterized by such distinctions; quibbling: hairsplitting arguments[/ex] • Etymology: 1820–30 hair′split ter, n … From formal English to slang
hairsplitting — I noun making too fine distinctions of little importance they didn t take his hairsplitting seriously • Syn: ↑word splitting • Hypernyms: ↑differentiation, ↑distinction II adjective … Useful english dictionary
hairsplitting — adjective or noun see hairsplitter … New Collegiate Dictionary
hairsplitting — noun The act of considering or arguing about fine details, or worrying about minutiae … Wiktionary
hairsplitting — Synonyms and related words: adverse criticism, animadversion, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, bickering, boggling, captious, captiousness, carping, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, chicane, chicanery, choplogic, contradistinction, critical,… … Moby Thesaurus
hairsplitting — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unimportant, minute, subtle; see trivial , irrelevant , unimportant . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. nitpicking, pettiness, quibbling, caviling, fault finding … English dictionary for students
