| NOUN | cognition | hairsplitting, word-splitting | making too fine distinctions of little importance |
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| ADJECTIVE | all | hairsplitting, finespun | developed in excessively fine detail |
| Meaning | Developed in excessively fine detail. | |
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| Synonym | finespun | |
| Broader | precise | sharply exact or accurate or delimited |
| Nouns | hairsplitting | making too fine distinctions of little importance |
| Meaning | making too fine distinctions of little importance. | |
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| Example | "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously" | |
| Synonym | word-splitting | |
| Broader | differentiation, distinction | A discrimination between things as different and distinct / distinct |
| Adjectives | hairsplitting | developed in excessively fine detail |
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