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Definition of Logomachy
1. Noun. Argument about words or the meaning of words.
Definition of Logomachy
1. n. Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words.
Definition of Logomachy
1. Noun. Dispute over the meaning of words ¹
2. Noun. A conflict waged only as a battle of words ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Logomachy
1. [n -CHIES]
Medical Definition of Logomachy
1. 1. Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words. "The discussion concerning the meaning of the word " justification" . . . Has largely been a mere logomachy." (L. Abbott) 2. A game of word making. Origin: Gr.; word + fight, battle, contest: cf. F. Logomachie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Logomachy
Literary usage of Logomachy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Law of Nations by Thomas Alfred Walker (1899)
"The question thus raised is not one of mere logomachy, ... It may be said that
to engage in a controversy upon this point is to engage in mere logomachy. ..."
2. Modern English Literature: Its Blemishes and Defects by Henry Hegart Breen (1857)
"These battles of logomachy, in which so much ink has been spilt. ... And if we
smile at D'Israeli and his "battles of logomachy," can we do otherwise than ..."
3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1842)
"condemned, and all logomachy ; and the guilty and murderous heresy of the Arians
may disappear, and the truth may shine again in the hearts of all, ..."
4. Lectures on Christian Theology by Georg Christian Knapp (1845)
"... This controversy was in a good measure logomachy. The theologians of Saxony
rather favoured the views of the theologians of Giessen than of Tübingen. ..."
5. The Art of Teaching and Studying Language by François Gouin, Howard Swan (1892)
"Erroneous notions of the tenses in the grammars—Various causes of these errors:
disdain of observation, traditional logomachy, confusion of the tense and ..."
6. Wish and Will: An Introduction to the Psychology of Desire and Volition by George Lyon Turner (1880)
"... by as pure a piece of logomachy as can be found in the whole range of mental
science. He tries to prove its absurdity and manifest inconsistency thus. ..."
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