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
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
This 'science,' therefore, finally reduces to mere verbalism, distracted by inconsistent relapses into 'psychology.'
From Pragmatism by D. L. Murray
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
But there is always much verbalism in idealism.
From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Alfred Binet
