pernicketiness and refinement, resulting in a sterile preciosity — Michael Williams
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.
pernicketiness — noun The state or condition of being pernickety … Wiktionary
pernicketiness — per·nick·e·ti·ness … English syllables
pernickety — pernicketiness, n. /peuhr nik i tee/, adj. persnickety. [1800 10; orig. Scots; of uncert. orig.; the prefix per occurs in a number of other expressive words in Scots, e.g. pergaddus thump, clatter, perskeet fastidious, perjink trim, neat] * * * … Universalium
perfectionism — n fastidiousness, criticalness, over criticalness, hypercriticalness, overdemandingness, de mandingness, exactingness; fussiness, particularity, overparticularness, daintiness, finicalness, finicality, Inf. pernicketiness, meticulousness,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
precision — n 1. exactness, exactitude, closeness, preciseness, Math. degree of error; accuracy, accurateness, correctness, rightness, rectitude, unerringness, {lawlessness, faultlessness, perfection; literalism, tex tualism, adherence to the letter or text … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
