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
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 Croce, Benedetto
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 Lippmann, Walter
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 Thorndike, Ashley H.
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 Croce, Benedetto
