English noun: pettiness |
1. | pettiness (cognition) narrowness of mind or ideas or views |
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| Broader (hypernym) | narrow-mindedness, narrowness |
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2. | pettiness (attribute) the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous |
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| Synonyms | puniness, slightness, triviality |
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| Broader (hypernym) | unimportance |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | joke |
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3. | pettiness (attribute) lack of generosity in trifling matters |
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| Synonyms | littleness, smallness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness |
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