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Noun Concept
Categories: Logic stubs, Psychology stubs, Informal fallacies
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hairsplitting  word-splitting  trivial objections  Banal objection  barrage of objections
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Making too fine distinctions of little importance WordNet 3.0
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Making too fine distinctions of little importance WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Trivial objections is an informal logical fallacy where irrelevant and sometimes frivolous objections are made to divert the attention away from the topic that is being discussed. Wikipedia
A method used in arguments where irrelevant objections are made Wikidata
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They didn't take his hairsplitting seriously WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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differentiation
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finespun
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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hairsplitting, word-splitting
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trivial objections
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Trivial objections
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Banal objection, barrage of objections, Fallacy of nothing but objections, hair-splitting, Hair splitting, Hairsplitting, nothing but objections, quillet, Quillets, Splitting hairs, trivial objection

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