hair-splittery

noun

Synonym of hair-splitting.

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Meanings

nounhair-splittery (uncountable)
  1. informaluncountableSynonym of hair-splitting.

    [T]hat is the final reason we have all more or less moved on from Ginni and the is-it-a-coup-or-an-insurrection hair-splittery[.]

    2022 April 6, Dahlia Lithwick, “Why the Clarence and Ginni Thomas Scandal Vanished From the News”, in Slate

    Synonyms: hair-splitting

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of hair-splitting.

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hair-splitting
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hair-splittinghypercriticism

Origin

From hair + split + -ery.

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APA

hair-splittery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hair-splittery

MLA

“hair-splittery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hair-splittery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hair-splittery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hair-splittery.

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