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
Perhaps more than anyone else, the Fabians are responsible for turning English socialist thought from the verbalism of the Marxian disciples to the actualities of English political life.
From A Preface to Politics by Walter Lippmann
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
This 'science,' therefore, finally reduces to mere verbalism, distracted by inconsistent relapses into 'psychology.'
From Pragmatism by D. L. Murray
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