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
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
The weird verbalism of the traditional Logic suggests a problem which strikes deeper even than the question, 'What do you mean by truth?' viz.:
From Pragmatism by Murray, D. L.
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 Cohen, Chapman
The impotent verbalism of the formal treatment of judgment appears in another way when the question is raised how a 'true' judgment is to be distinguished from a 'false.'
From Pragmatism by Murray, D. L.
