verbalism

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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 Korzybski, Alfred

This 'science,' therefore, finally reduces to mere verbalism, distracted by inconsistent relapses into 'psychology.'

From Pragmatism by Murray, D. L.

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 Croce, Benedetto

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 Lippmann, Walter