Lilliputians
Adjective connoting "small in size" or "trivial" — often used to refer to narrow outlooks and trivial perspectives.
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Origin
From Jonathan Swift's 1726 satirical novel Gulliver's Travels, where Lilliput is an island of six-inch-tall people consumed by absurd political feuds. Swift intended the Lilliputians as a pointed satire of the rivalries between England's Whigs and Tories, with their disputes over which end of an egg to crack mirroring real sectarian conflicts.
Updated February 22, 2026