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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 | ||
| Synonyms | puniness, slightness, triviality | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | unimportance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | joke | ||
| 3. | pettiness (attribute) lack of generosity in trifling matters | ||
| Synonyms | littleness, smallness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness | ||
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