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- the picayune ponderings of a commentator who steadfastly believes other cultures are inferior to our own
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- dogmatic
- (also dogmatical),
- opinionated,
- opinionative
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- irritatingly picayune complaints
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picayune
nounSynonyms of picayune (Entry 2 of 2)
- our lives don't amount to a picayune in the great scheme of things
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“Picayune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picayune. Accessed 21 Jun. 2021.
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The first known use of picayune was in 1804
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