overrefinement

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

overrefinement
    n 1: the act of distorting something so it seems to mean
         something it was not intended to mean [syn: {distortion},
         {overrefinement}, {straining}, {torture}, {twisting}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Overrefinement \O"ver*re*fine"ment\, n.
   Excessive refinement.
   [1913 Webster]

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