micrology
noun
excessive attention to petty details or distinctions.
micrologist
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a word derived from
micrology.
Example Sentences
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The future of anatomy and physiology, as an enthusiastic micrologist of the time said, was in the hands of Messrs. Schieck and Pistor, famous opticians of Berlin.
From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Now, the ethically-minded man is not a pedantic micrologist who wastes his time on the minutiae of conduct.
From The Essentials of Spirituality by Felix Adler
