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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > [noun] > action of (5) subtlinga1398 subtilizing1596 The making of fine distinctions; arguing or reasoning subtly (on, upon, or about a subject); an instance of this. Cf. subtilization, n. 2. subtilization1755 The making of fine distinctions; elaborate or excessive refinement of an argument, etc.; an instance of this. Also: the fact of being refined in… hair-splitting1826 The ‘splitting of hairs’; the making of over-nice distinctions. straw-splitting1828 (see split, v. 5b and cf. hair-splitter, n., straw-splitting n. adj.). |
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