verbalism
Example Sentences
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Through the echoes of the new verbalism, one can sense the distress of that crystal spirit, George Orwell.
From Time Magazine Archive
Aristotelian logic itself did not become mere syllogistic and verbalism, without some stumbling and oscillation.
From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Benedetto Croce
But if he forgets that he has substituted and simplified, he soon lapses into verbalism, and begins to talk about names regardless of objects.
From Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann
As regards grammatical forms, Vico may be described as an adherent of the great reaction of the Renaissance against scholastic verbalism and formalism.
From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Benedetto Croce
If only these three words could be scientifically defined, philosophy, law, ethics and psychology would cease to be “private theories” or verbalism and they would advance to the rank and dignity of sciences.
From Manhood of Humanity. by Alfred Korzybski
