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Definition of Logomachy

Logomachy
Logomachy Lo*gom"a*chy, n. [Gr. ?; ? word + ? fight, battle, contest: cf. F. logomachie.] 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.

Meaning of Logomachy from wikipedia

- by good faith in the parti****nts. Werenfels went further, regarding "logomachy" as a malaise of the Republic of Letters. The "triumvirate" position on...
- The Buyck family (spelling variant: Buijck) is a noble Belgian family which can trace its origins back to the 14th century. Several members have held or...
- the term with greater precision, distinguishing between logodaedaly and logomachy: In questions of philosophy or divinity, that have occupied the learned...
- 1, pp. 19–39. Thurston, Benjamin (2001). Joseph de Maistre. Logos and Logomachy. Oxford: Brasenose College-Oxford University Doctoral Thesis. Vermale...
- Agonistes and “Empedocles on Etna”), because invective, eristic, polemic, and logomachy are so pronounced an aspect of rhetoric” (19-20). But while impelled to...
- weapons, so he sends a new one, whangdoodle, which probably ranks in logomachy as the boomerang does in physical warfare ... Twain, Mark; Branch, Edgar...
- University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-768914-1. LeVine, V. T. (1995). "The logomachy of terrorism: On the political uses and abuses of definition". Terrorism...
- influence led Spare to begin writing several new occult m****cripts, the Logomachy of Zos and the Zoetic Grimoire of Zos. Under Grant's influence, Spare...
- new mathematical findings create more doubt rather than certainty. 7 "Logomachy or The Dialect of the Tribe" "Logomachie ou Les mots de la tribu" June 1989 (1989-06)...
- of New College, Oxford, having offered a sum of £50, for an essay on Logomachy, or the Abuse of Words, FitzGerald bore off the prize with the special...