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Meaning of angels dancing on the head of a pin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The subject of arcane intellectual speculation—used as an example of a subject of enquiry in which the pursuit is of no value.

figuratively, plural, plural-only

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Examples

“We are not talking about angels dancing on the head of a pin here.”
“…logically indistinguishable from the argument that because we do not know at what rate the angels dancing on the head of a pin are dying off…”
“The issues Dr. Wolfensberger wrestles with and writes about are not intellectual discussions of angels dancing on the head of a pin.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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