WORD-SPLITTING
Dictionary entry overview: What does word-splitting mean? • WORD-SPLITTING (noun)
The noun WORD-SPLITTING has 1 sense:
1. making too fine distinctions of little importance
Familiarity information: WORD-SPLITTING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WORD-SPLITTING (noun)
Meaning:
Making too fine distinctions of little importance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
hairsplitting; word-splitting
Context example:
they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously
Hypernyms ("word-splitting" is a kind of...):
differentiation; distinction (a discrimination between things as different and distinct)
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