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verbalism
noun as in wording
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Bad verbalism is rhetoric, or the use of clich unconsciously, or a mere playing with phrases.
Here we are, then, in the realm of pure verbalism—in the ideal region of signs.
We may surround the subject with a vague and attractive idealistic verbalism, but we come back to this as a starting point.
This 'science,' therefore, finally reduces to mere verbalism, distracted by inconsistent relapses into 'psychology.'
But there is good verbalism, distinct from lyricism or imagism, and in this Laforgue is a master.
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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to verbalism, such as: diction, language, locution, manner, mode, and parlance.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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