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What is another word for
pettifoggery
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A trivial quarrel
The actions or behavior of an unscrupulous person
Excessive concern with minor details and rules
A small-minded or narrow-minded attitude focused on insignificant matters
Noun
▲
A trivial quarrel
quarrel
squabble
tiff
quibble
spat
fuss
argument
dispute
disagreement
row
altercation
fight
wrangle
clash
misunderstanding
contention
bickering
conflict
dissension
bicker
hassle
disputation
rhubarb
feud
kickup
imbroglio
discord
exchange
barney
afters
shindy
rammy
beef
difference
miff
dissidence
tangle
ruck
bunfight
bagarre
vendetta
difficulty
tracasseries
tracasserie
biffo
catfight
yike
disapproval
slanging match
ding-dong
cross fire
run-in
shouting match
falling-out
argle-bargle
argy-bargy
war of words
difference of opinion
scrap
contretemps
brawl
controversy
donnybrook
set-to
battle royal
fracas
words
strife
bust-up
debate
dissent
broil
shindig
tussle
friction
squabbling
ruction
brush
wrangling
quarrelling
UK
schism
disharmony
confrontation
falling out
dust-up
quarreling
US
hostility
discordance
disaccord
affray
uproar
war
rumpus
threap
collieshangie
division
bit of argy-bargy
antagonism
skirmish
blowup
opposition
disunion
flap
battle
variance
turf war
disunity
rivalry
argumentation
dissention
tension
discordancy
discussion
dissonance
inharmony
trouble
infighting
scene
contest
dustup
fighting
turmoil
bad blood
disturbance
embroilment
warfare
brouhaha
scrape
animosity
polemic
ruckus
back-and-forth
faction
agitation
brannigan
stand-up
unrest
encounter
scuffle
tumult
disaffection
riot
fray
nonconcurrence
firestorm
rumble
arguing
enmity
estrangement
rift
velitation
flak
split
sparring
melee
rupture
feuding
resentment
contestation
ill feeling
face-off
bone of contention
passage of arms
struggle
dissensus
bad feeling
angry exchange
combat
ructions
commotion
disorder
storm
discourse
hullabaloo
go
flare-up
acrimony
clashing
factionalism
ill will
bitterness
divisiveness
inharmoniousness
bone to pick
exchange of views
acrimonious exchange
sour note
backbiting
verbal sparring
go-round
bad vibes
anarchy
antipathy
rebellion
upheaval
insurrection
contentiousness
rioting
hurrah
alienation
clamour
UK
clamor
US
bone
hubbub
upset
scrimmage
breach
free-for-all
cause célèbre
separation
discontent
tizzy
jarring
passage at arms
break
knock down and drag out
dissonancy
refuting
rebutting
verbal fight
internal strife
conflict of opinion
power struggle
grudge
slugfest
divided loyalties
snarl
swedge
romp
static
stew
conflict of interest
objection
peeve
collision
powwow
conversation
contrariety
pitched battle
fierce contest
revenge
petty quarrel
squall
fireworks
sharp words
fisticuffs
brush-off
engagement
rough-and-tumble
scrum
knock-down-drag-out
talking-to
blood feud
clash of views
family feud
crossed wires
opposing views
controverting
whirl
try
to-do
hatred
blow-off
spot of bother
knock-down drag-out
problem
heated discussion
gulf
severance
lawlessness
grudges
grievances
chasm
divergence
revolution
incompatibility
bloodletting
go-around
jar
misrule
counteraction
mutiny
parting
unruliness
furore
UK
scission
shootout
convulsion
strike
anarchism
violence
showdown
break-up
parting of the ways
terrorism
clashes
discombobulation
striving
emulation
head-to-head
confusion
aggro
wilding
chaos
setto
short argument
turbulence
entanglement
snafu
tug of war
uprising
furor
US
mob rule
disruption
hoo-ha
restiveness
breach of the peace
reign of terror
sedition
bother
dissatisfaction
short discussion
short dispute
short altercation
protest
instability
perturbation
dither
worry
discontentment
unease
crisis
more ❯
“The theological
pettifoggery
of their literalistic religion has to be read to be believed.”
Noun
▲
The actions or behavior of an unscrupulous person
dishonesty
cheating
corruption
deceit
deception
fraud
swindling
duplicity
gerrymandering
jobbery
hornswoggling
double-dealing
guile
craftiness
cunning
craft
deceitfulness
wiliness
crookedness
trickery
dissimulation
dissembling
foxiness
chicanery
fraudulence
treachery
cunningness
guilefulness
fakery
deceptiveness
crookery
dupery
cozenage
skulduggery
fourberie
graft
knavery
shenanigans
imposture
spuriousness
funny business
jiggery-pokery
monkey business
artifice
deviousness
slyness
underhandedness
falsity
unscrupulousness
chicane
perfidy
artfulness
perfidiousness
sneakiness
hanky-panky
shadiness
mendacity
sharp practice
trickiness
infidelity
faithlessness
falsehood
shiftiness
criminality
improbity
flimflam
subterfuge
wiles
hypocrisy
subtlety
slickness
racket
rascality
swindle
subtleness
falseness
insidiousness
infamy
bunk
lying
canniness
cageyness
caginess
hocus-pocus
stealing
codology
pretence
UK
pretense
US
treacherousness
betrayal
wile
monkeyshines
indirection
management
legerdemain
disloyalty
kidology
unfaithfulness
ruse
knavishness
treason
falsification
intrigue
imposition
hoodwinking
duping
shrewdness
cleverness
stratagems
sham
bluff
inconstancy
dissemblance
jugglery
fickleness
dirty pool
insincerity
gamesmanship
dirty dealing
skullduggery
shamming
sophistry
two-facedness
disingenuousness
dubiousness
corruptness
two-timing
unfairness
fraudulency
scheming
ploys
schemes
manoeuvres
UK
dirty work
tricks
ruses
bluffing
maneuvers
US
dirty tricks
traitorousness
defrauding
doubt
disbelief
skepticism
US
fabrication
scepticism
UK
false-heartedness
lie
depravity
villainy
illegality
hoax
pretext
turpitude
unlawfulness
nefariousness
circumvention
dishonourableness
subterfuges
furtiveness
astuteness
unprincipledness
unscrupulosity
questionableness
questionability
unjustness
misconduct
untruth
untrustworthiness
foul play
guise
invention
sellout
stratagem
strategy
backstabbing
evasion
ingenuity
malfeasance
tactics
business
fiddling
ambidexterity
trapping
ambidextrousness
smoke and mirrors
every trick in the book
false colours
lack of veracity
false excuse
overreaching
cozening
entrapping
double cross
untruthfulness
ability
perspicacity
finesse
mendaciousness
perjury
misleading talk
bad faith
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
deceiving
embezzlement
exploitation
misappropriation
mudslinging
prestidigitation
scheme
hollowness
dodge
phoniness
speciousness
inaccurateness
illusoriness
inaccuracy
unreliability
lawbreaking
lawlessness
unreliableness
ploy
machination
erroneousness
contrivance
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
gambit
uncandidness
plot
dirty game
dirty politics
sleight of hand
disingenuity
feint
surreptitiousness
wrongdoing
palace intrigue
evil
fourbery
iniquity
baseness
affectation
wire-pulling
double-crossing
misrepresentation
jive
feigning
prevarication
misleading
wickedness
vileness
double-cross
equivocation
faking
immorality
hokum
sophism
persona
piousness
cant
disguising
posturing
concealing
counterfeiting
masking
obfuscation
beguilement
blarney
boondoggle
defraudation
juggling
trumpery
humbugging
hoaxing
hiding
concealment
shrouding
veiling
viciousness
vice
perversion
snow job
disguise
suppression
camouflage
fast one
play-acting
flagitiousness
evil-doing
bestiality
venality
twoness
dualism
duality
breach of trust
Judas kiss
dirty trick
one-upmanship
villainousness
Punic faith
stab in back
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“The result is players are apt to fall victims to hornswoggling and
pettifoggery
on a huge scale.”
Noun
▲
Excessive concern with minor details and rules
pedantry
quibbling
carping
fastidiousness
punctiliousness
sophistry
meticulousness
hairsplitting
perfectionism
captiousness
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
nitpicking
finickiness
overscrupulousness
purism
scrupulousness
pettifogging
casuistry
formalism
literalism
pedagogery
thoroughness
hair-splitting
fault-finding
bickering
faultfinding
pettiness
grumbling
fussiness
nagging
criticism
conscientiousness
pickiness
rigorousness
whingeing
niggling
moaning
complaining
whining
griping
grousing
bellyaching
bleating
nit-picking
Noun
▲
A small-minded or narrow-minded attitude focused on insignificant matters
petty-mindedness
pettiness
triviality
mean-mindedness
narrow-mindedness
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