LOGOMACHY - 8 definitions found
logomachy n 1: argument about words or the meaning of words Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) logomachy noun (plural -chies) Etymology: Greek logomachia, from log- + machesthai to fight Date: 1569 1. a dispute over or about words 2. a controversy marked by verbiage Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary logomachy lɔˈɡɔməkɪ n. (pl. -ies) literary a dispute about words; controversy turning on merely verbal points. [Gk logomakhia f. logos word + makhia fighting] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms logomachy n. Dispute, controversy, argumentative debate, altercation, bickering, wrangling, war of words, words. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 71 Moby Thesaurus words for "logomachy": Kilkenny cats, altercation, apologetics, apologia, apology, argument, argumentation, bicker, bickering, blood feud, brawl, broil, casuistry, cat-and-dog life, combat, conflict, contention, contentiousness, contest, contestation, controversy, cut and thrust, debate, defense, disputation, dispute, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, embroilment, enmity, feud, fight, fighting, fliting, flyting, fracas, fuss, hassle, hostility, hubbub, imbroglio, litigation, open quarrel, paper war, passage of arms, polemic, polemics, quarrel, quarreling, quarrelsomeness, rhubarb, scrapping, set-to, sharp words, slanging match, snarl, spat, squabble, squabbling, strife, struggle, tiff, tussle, vendetta, verbal engagement, war, war of words, warfare, words, wrangle, wrangling |
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