verbalism

Through the echoes of the new verbalism, one can sense the distress of that crystal spirit, George Orwell.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is a certain affinity, apparently at least, between that formal vice of verbalism and another defect of the mind, whose origins may, however, be varied.

From Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History by Antonio Labriola

Though it can be cultivated, good verbalism is an innate ability, and a most valuable one.

From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson

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

While this operatic verbalism with its faults and merits cannot of course be assigned wholly to Peele, he seems to have been in the drama one of its earliest and most influential purveyors.

From Tragedy by Ashley H. Thorndike