05749210-n 'making too fine distinctions of little importance';
 
Chinese (simplified) 拘泥 於 细节 , 拘泥於细节 , 吹毛求疵
English hairsplitting ( ⊳ ) , word-splitting
Definitions
Japanese
たいして重要ではないことを細かく分けへだてすること
― 彼らは彼の細かいことへのこだわりをまじめに取り上げなかった
English
making too fine distinctions of little importance
― they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously
Relations
Hypernym: differentiation
Semantic Field: cognitionn
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