WORD-SPLITTING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Making too fine distinctions of little importance

Example:

they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously

Synonyms:

hairsplitting; word-splitting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("word-splitting" is a kind of...):

differentiation; distinction (a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes)