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noun
A stickler person who makes extremely, possibly excessively, fine distinctions (who would separate something as fine as a hair into two pieces and distinguish them).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: disputant, controversialist, eristic
History
From hair + splitter.
