Argumentation Techniques

2 words in this vocabulary list

verb to argue or worry about very small or unimportant details

  • In legal matters, it is important not to split hairs when interpreting the law.
  • Stop splitting hairs and just tell me what you really think.
  • Don't split hairs over the small details, just get the job done.
  • She always likes to split hairs and find faults in everything.

adjective able to be brought forward as evidence or argument

  • The lawyer argued that the evidence presented was adducible in court.
  • The teacher mentioned that only adducible sources should be used for the research paper.
  • I don't think that information is adducible for our project.
  • Her testimony was like an adducible piece of puzzle in solving the case.