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verbalism

/vur-buh-liz-uhm/US // ˈvɜr bəˌlɪz əm //UK // (ˈvɜːbəˌlɪzəm) //

言语主义,言语学,语言主义,言语症

Related Words

style风格,样式diction措辞,用语,用词,措词language语言,语文,语言文字,语言的locution语境,语词,语态,定位phrasing用词,用语,措辞,用词方面phraseology用语,用词manner态度,方式,风格,样子words话语,言语,话说,话parlance口语,俗语,口头禅,口头语terminology术语,名词解释,术语表,术语学mode模式,方式,模,样式turn of phrase措辞,措辞的变化,措词,转折点wordage字数,词汇量,字词,词条

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a verbal expression, as a word or phrase.
    • : the way in which something is worded; choice of words; phrasing.
    • : a phrase or sentence having little or no meaning.
    • : a use of words considered as predominating over or obscuring ideas or reality; verbiage.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounwording
Synonyms
diction措辞,用语,用词,措词language语言,语文,语言文字,语言的locution语境,语词,语态,定位manner态度,方式,风格,样子mode模式,方式,模,样式parlance口语,俗语,口头禅,口头语phrase短语,短句,词组,句子phraseology用语,用词phrasing用词,用语,措辞,用词方面style风格,样式terminology术语,名词解释,术语表,术语学words话语,言语,话说,话choice of words用语的选择,用语,用词,用词的选择turn of phrase措辞,措辞的变化,措词,转折点wordage字数,词汇量,字词,词条

Examples

  • Bad verbalism is rhetoric, or the use of clich unconsciously, or a mere playing with phrases.

  • Here we are, then, in the realm of pure verbalism—in the ideal region of signs.

  • We may surround the subject with a vague and attractive idealistic verbalism, but we come back to this as a starting point.

  • This 'science,' therefore, finally reduces to mere verbalism, distracted by inconsistent relapses into 'psychology.'

  • But there is good verbalism, distinct from lyricism or imagism, and in this Laforgue is a master.

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