| 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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