verbalism
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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
Metaphysics used words and conceptions of multi-dimensional meanings which of necessity resulted in hopeless confusion, in “a talking” about words, in mere verbalism.
From Manhood of Humanity. by Alfred Korzybski
This 'science,' therefore, finally reduces to mere verbalism, distracted by inconsistent relapses into 'psychology.'
From Pragmatism by D. L. Murray
There is a certain affinity, apparently at least, between that formal vice of verbalism and another defect of the mind, whose origins may, however, be varied.
From Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History by Antonio Labriola
We may surround the subject with a vague and attractive idealistic verbalism, but we come back to this as a starting point.
From Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative by Chapman Cohen
