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noun
1.
a
verbal
expression
, as a
word
or phrase.
2.
the way in
which
something is worded; choice of words; phrasing.
3.
a phrase or sentence having little or no meaning.
4.
a use of words considered as predominating over or obscuring ideas or reality; verbiage.
Origin:
1780–90;
verbal
+
-ism
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verbalism
(ˈvɜːbəˌlɪzəm)
—
n
1.
a verbal expression; phrase or word
2.
an exaggerated emphasis on the importance of words by the uncritical acceptance of assertions in place of explanations, the use of rhetorical style, etc
3.
a statement lacking real content, esp a cliché
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