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| subtle | |
| ambiguity | |
| censorious(faultfinding, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic, overcritical) | |
| contentious | |
| delicate | |
| demanding(adjective, overcritical, censorious) | |
| disputatious(adjective, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| picky | |
| Jesuitical | |
| Pecksniffian(nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| acute | |
| argument | |
| bad tempered(expression, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| calumniatory(nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| captiousness | |
| casuistic(nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| caviling(faultfinding, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic, overcritical) | |
| cavillous(nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| censure | |
| chop-logic |
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