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Translate hairsplitting from English to French

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hairsplitting:
- faire le difficile; chicane; ergoterie; chicanerie

English

Detailed Translations for hairsplitting from English to French

hairsplitting:

hairsplitting [the ~] nomen

the hairsplitting (acting difficult; quibbling)
le faire le difficile
- faire le difficile [le ~] nomen
the hairsplitting (niggling; nitpicking)
la chicane; l'ergoterie
- chicane [la ~] nomen
- ergoterie [la ~] nomen
the hairsplitting (nitpicking)
la chicane
- chicane [la ~] nomen
the hairsplitting (quibbling over words)
la chicanerie; l'ergoterie
- chicanerie [la ~] nomen
- ergoterie [la ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for hairsplitting:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
chicane	hairsplitting; niggling; nitpicking	arguing; bickering; cavilling; fault-finding; pettifoggery; quarreling; quibble; quibbling; splitting hairs; squabbling; wrangling
chicanerie	hairsplitting; quibbling over words
ergoterie	hairsplitting; niggling; nitpicking; quibbling over words	cavilling; fault-finding
faire le difficile	acting difficult; hairsplitting; quibbling
-	word-splitting
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	finespun

Synonyms for "hairsplitting":

finespun; precise
word-splitting; differentiation; distinction

Related Definitions for "hairsplitting":

developed in excessively fine detail¹
making too fine distinctions of little importance¹
- they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously¹

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