Word Study
verbalism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun verbalism has 2 senses
- verbalism(n = noun.communication) expression, verbal expression - the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions; "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas"; "the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours" is a kind of communicating, communication
- verbalism(n = noun.communication) verbiage - overabundance of words; Array is a kind of verboseness, verbosity
has particulars: articulation, voice, cold turkey, congratulation, felicitation
CIDE DICTIONARY
verbalism, n.
Something expressed verbally; a verbal remark or expression. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
verbalism, n.
1 minute attention to words: verbal criticism.
2 merely verbal expression.
1 minute attention to words: verbal criticism.
2 merely verbal expression.
Derivative
verbalist n. verbalistic adj.
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