VERBALISM


Meaning of VERBALISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈvər-bə-ˌli-zəm ]

noun

Date: 1787

1.

a. : a verbal expression : term

b. : phrasing , wording

2. : words used as if they were more important than the realities they represent

the emancipation of science from verbalism — G. A. L. Sarton

3.

a. : a wordy expression of little meaning

b. : verbosity

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.