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LOGOMACHY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does logomachy mean?
• LOGOMACHY (noun)
The noun LOGOMACHY has 1 sense:
1. argument about words or the meaning of words
Familiarity information: LOGOMACHY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Argument about words or the meaning of words
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("logomachy" is a kind of...):
argument; argumentation; debate (a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal)
Derivation:
logomachist (someone given to disputes over words)
Context examples
Their logomachy was far more stimulating to his intellect than the reserved and quiet dogmatism of Mr. Morse.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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