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
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 Benedetto Croce
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
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
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
