Definitions for hairsplitter
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
hair•split•tingˈhɛərˌsplɪt ɪŋ(n.)
the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
Category: Common Vocabulary
(adj.)characterized by such distinctions; quibbling:
hairsplitting arguments.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Origin of hairsplitting:
1820–30
hair′split`ter(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
hairsplitter(noun)
a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions
Wiktionary
hairsplitter(Noun)
A person who makes extremely, possibly excessively, fine distinctions (who would separate something as fine as a hair into two pieces and distinguish them).
Webster Dictionary
Hairsplitter(noun)
one who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles
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