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
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
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
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
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
