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logomachy
[ loh-gom-uh-kee ]
noun
, plural lo·gom·a·chies.
- a dispute about or concerning words.
- an argument or debate marked by the reckless or incorrect use of words; meaningless battle of words.
- a game played with cards, each bearing one letter, with which words are formed.
logomachy
/ lɒˈɡɒməkɪ /
noun
- argument about words or the meaning of words
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Derived Forms
- loˈgomachist, noun
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Other Words From
- log·o·mach·ic [law-g, uh, -, mak, -ik, log-, uh, -], logo·machi·cal adjective
- lo·goma·chist logo·mach noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of logomachy1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of logomachy1
C16: from Greek logomakhia, from logos word + makhē battle
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Example Sentences
Reid and his successors were quite as much alive as Locke to the danger of falling into mere scholastic logomachy.
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This logomachy of vituperation was opened by President Wheelock who wrote an unsigned attack upon the Trustees.
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If this sort of logomachy pleases you as an intellectual exercise, well and good, if it goes no further.
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The following is a specimen of the logomachy of the day, in which Mencius is supposed to have excelled.
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But a greater champion than William was needed to wipe away what seems to the world the cobwebs of mediæval logomachy.
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