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
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
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
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
This 'science,' therefore, finally reduces to mere verbalism, distracted by inconsistent relapses into 'psychology.'
From Pragmatism by D. L. Murray
