| 单词 | straw-splitting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstraw-splitting straw-splitting n. and adj. (see split v. 5b and cf. hair-splitter n., straw-splitting n. and adj.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > [adjective] oversubtle1490 curious1585 metaphysical1646 metaphysic1663 subtle1668 subtilizing1683 hair-splitting1820 straw-splitting1828 pilpulistic1878 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > [noun] > action of subtlinga1398 subtilizing1596 subtilization1755 hair-splitting1826 straw-splitting1828 1828 E. B. Pusey Hist. Enq. Rationalist Char. I. i. 16 The endless straw-splittings of the schoolmen. 1828 E. B. Pusey Hist. Enq. Rationalist Char. I. i. 35 Abounding..in straw-splitting distinctions. 1881 J. Morley Life R. Cobden II. xxxi. 323 They were wasting time in mere strawsplitting. < as lemmas |
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