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
Though it can be cultivated, good verbalism is an innate ability, and a most valuable one.
From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson
While this operatic verbalism with its faults and merits cannot of course be assigned wholly to Peele, he seems to have been in the drama one of its earliest and most influential purveyors.
From Tragedy by Ashley H. Thorndike
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
The excess of verbalism, indeed, gives the play a sugary and monotonous effect, and its poetry loses connection with character or situation.
From Tragedy by Ashley H. Thorndike
