hair-splitting

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the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are probably neither important nor noticeable to most people

Dick's Tribune poked endless fun at the hair-splitting sectarianism of the various Trotskyist groups jostling on the fringes of the Labour party at that time.

when people pay too much attention to small differences and unimportant details, especially in an argument split hairs split (8)
hairsplitting
The act of considering or arguing about fine details, or worrying about minutiae
hair splitting
make very fine distinctions
hairsplitting
making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously"
hairsplitting
making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously
hairsplitting
The act or practice of making trivial distinctions
hairsplitting
developed in excessively fine detail; "finespun distinctions"
hairsplitting
{i} making unnecessarily fine distinctions in reasoning; quibbling
hairsplitting
Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle
hair-splitting
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