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English noun: pettiness

1. pettiness (cognition) narrowness of mind or ideas or views


Broader (hypernym)narrow-mindedness, narrowness

2. pettiness (attribute) the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous


Synonymspuniness, slightness, triviality


Broader (hypernym)unimportance


Narrower (hyponym)joke

3. pettiness (attribute) lack of generosity in trifling matters


Synonymslittleness, smallness


Broader (hypernym)closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness









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