"hair-splitting" meaning in Anglais

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Compositions en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Gérondif de split hairs ; composé de hair et de splitting."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hair-splittings",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈhɛɹˌsplɪ.tiɳz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Métaphores en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Jake Wallis Simons, Britain is right to support Palestine at the UN – and so should Israel, The Telegraph, novembre 2012",
          "text": "On Thursday, the United Nations will vote on whether Palestine should be raised to the status of \"non-member observer state\" at the United Nations, rather than the status of \"observer entity\" which it currently holds. This seems like hair-splitting, but it is a contentious issue."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Argutie, tétrapilectomie, fait de couper les cheveux en quatre."
      ],
      "id": "fr-hair-splitting-en-noun-rUhV4ljG",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈhɛɹˌsplɪ.tiɳ\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hair-splitting"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Compositions en anglais",
    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Noms communs en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Gérondif de split hairs ; composé de hair et de splitting."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hair-splittings",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈhɛɹˌsplɪ.tiɳz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
        "Métaphores en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Jake Wallis Simons, Britain is right to support Palestine at the UN – and so should Israel, The Telegraph, novembre 2012",
          "text": "On Thursday, the United Nations will vote on whether Palestine should be raised to the status of \"non-member observer state\" at the United Nations, rather than the status of \"observer entity\" which it currently holds. This seems like hair-splitting, but it is a contentious issue."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Argutie, tétrapilectomie, fait de couper les cheveux en quatre."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈhɛɹˌsplɪ.tiɳ\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hair-splitting"
}