WORD-SPLITTING

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 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)

Sense 1

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 on the basis of their characteristics or attributes)