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Synonyms for verbalism

choice of words and the way in which they are used

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Synonyms for verbalism

the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions

overabundance of words

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On the other hand, their footing in the mind of God endowed them with a certain objectivity and quasi-reality that precluded them from being mere flatus vocis fictions, mere verbalisms that represent creatures of human fancy.
orient themselves by intension most of the time." Because maladjusted people "believe in their limited verbalisms," they "evaluate by overdefini-tion"--"not by extensional facts, which make us conscious of underdefinition" (pp.
Allen Walker Read spoke on the subject of 'modem linguistics.' He showed how the syntax, or structure, of our verbalisms influences us in projecting meaning into them, such as in, "Twas brillig and the slithy toves....
But verbalism came a dime a ton the day we took off to cut colored paper.
The first serious criticism of the concept of verbalism and Cutsforth's negative value judgment came from Dokecki (1966).
Harley's (1963) aim was to investigate the relationship between verbalism and the age, intelligence, experience, and psychosocial adjustment of blind children.
The most recent study on verbalism was conducted by Rosel, Caballer, Jara, and Oliver (2005).
(1972) Verbalism and affective meaning for blind, severely visually impaired and normally sighted children.
(1966) Verbalism and the blind: A critical review of the concept and the literature.
Oliver (2005) Verbalism in the Narrative Language of Children Who Are Blind and Sighted.