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hair-splitter

NOUN

quibble

Synonyms

STRONGEST

nicety

STRONG

artifice cavil criticism dodge duplicity equivocation evasion niggle pretense prevarication protest quiddity quirk shift sophism subterfuge subtlety

WEAK

nit-picker

Antonyms

STRONG

approval directness facing honesty meeting openness praise reality

WEAK

agreement concurrence

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