单词 | verbalism |
释义 | verbalismn. 1. a. A verbal expression or phrase; a word. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [noun] wordOE diction1416 vocable1440 phrase1552 accent?1553 whid1567 vowel1578 mot1591 accenty1600 quatcha1635 verba1716 verbalism1787 word1825 word1843 dicky1893 vocabulary item1916 monolog1929 dicky bird1932 word-type1936 lexical item1964 lexon1964 1787 A. Seward Let. 21 Nov. (1811) I. 372 I always write in too much haste to pause for best-possible verbalisms. 1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades 390 With those instructions, and other verbalisms, that he acquires daily,..the apprentice may acquire a taste for the art. 1881 J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde xi. 308 Its quaint orthography and archaic verbalisms. 1966 Word Study Dec. 5/2 We take their high school verbalisms as perfectly fine and dandy. 2014 New Straits Times (Malaysia) 29 Apr. 3 We are genuinely soaked in American movies, music, books and magazines, which influence our fashion, mannerisms, verbalisms..and elements of ideology. b. Words, phrasing; use of language. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > phrase > [noun] > collectively speakingsa1325 saying1340 verbalities1662 verbalism1800 1800 A. Seward Lett. (1811) V. 285 It is not amongst our modern songs that the musical composer is to look for his happiest verbalism. 1870 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 10 Aug. Dr. Newman's style will stand the test of time, when gorgeous verbalism and tricky antithesis shall have been discarded. 1914 G. K. Chesterton Wisdom of Father Brown ii. 51 My other intentions are clearly set forth in this public document... I will not weary you with the verbalism, since you will be able to check it. 2013 Mod. Lang. Rev. 108 259 The poet's presence is felt strongly throughout because of the text's self-conscious verbalism (its brevity) and technical display (the use of rhyme). 2. Speech or writing that lacks meaning, substance, value, a basis in reality, etc.; long-winded or verbose self-expression; (also) an instance of this.In some instances perhaps simply a contextual use of sense 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > verbosity > instance of verbosity1610 verbalism1810 waffle1937 1810 W. Scott in Poet. Wks. A. Seward III. 51 He accused the poet [sc. Richard Polwhele] of unlicensed and affected verbalism. 1890 Iron Clad Age (Indianapolis) 25 Oct. 2/1 This is one of the blind questions with which many are deceived into an assumption of knowledge where an empty verbalism covers a mental blank. 1921 Manitoba Free Press 28 May 48/2 Thackeray..stabs the words down on the sheet; there is no time for long winded verbalisms in the heat and fury of action. 1930 Greeley (Colorado) Daily Tribune 10 Oct. 6/5 Here the program resolves itself into mere verbalism. For example: ‘What is the purpose of education?’ ‘Social efficiency.’ Words, words, words ad infinitem [sic], ad nauseam. 2002 Toronto Star (Nexis) 24 Oct. a29 Nothing terribly fancy. No clever verbalism, nor any posturing. Just the quiet doing of a necessary job. 3. Preoccupation with or concentration on the words used to express or convey something, to the neglect of their content or its value, relevance to reality, significance, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > [noun] sophistry1340 chop-logic1533 Jesuitism1613 chopping of logic1668 casuistry1712 sophism1768 special pleading1813 subtilism1825 Jesuitry1832 verbalism1847 logic-chopping1904 1847 Scotsman 25 Dec. When academical rewards are given..only for small points of grammatical accuracy and verbal nicety, the consequence must be that the preparatory schools will direct their whole energies to the stilting up of a barren verbalism. 1879 H. N. Hudson Hamlet Pref. p. xv Our children must be continually drilled in a sort of microscopic verbalism. 1923 School Rev. 31 297 The labor school is a reaction against book methods and verbalism. 2012 Educ. Stud. Math. 80 63 Vygotsky was acutely aware that school concepts tend to pure ‘verbalism’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1787 |
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