verbalism

/'və:bəlizm/

Thân thiện

A student's essay is full of unnecessary verbalism.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • An overabundance of words; wordiness: The use of more words than are needed, often resulting in a verbose or unnecessarily lengthy expression.
   • A verbal expression; a phrase or wording: The particular choice or arrangement of words used to express an idea or belief.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The essay's weakness was its tedious verbalism, obscuring the core argument.
  • Finding the precise verbalism for such a complex emotion was challenging.

Advanced Usage

• As a critique of style: Often used to criticize speech or writing that is perceived as empty, overly concerned with words over substance, or excessively formal.
  • The politician's speech was dismissed as mere verbalism, lacking any concrete policy.
• In art criticism: Can refer to an overemphasis on descriptive or narrative elements at the expense of visual or sensory impact.
  • The critic accused the painter of verbalism, saying the work relied too heavily on its explanatory title.

Variants and Related Words

• Verbal (adj): Relating to or in the form of words.
• Verbalist (n): A person skilled in using words, or one who adheres strictly to the literal meaning of words.
• Verbalize (v): To express something in words.

Synonyms

• Verbosity: The quality of using more words than needed.
• Prolixity: Extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length.
• Phrasing: The particular way an idea is expressed in words.
• Locution: A word or phrase, especially with regard to style or idiom.

Related Phrases

• Empty verbalism: A phrase highlighting the use of words that carry little meaning or substance.
  • The agreement was full of empty verbalisms but no binding commitments.

Related Idioms

• Mere verbalism: Used to dismiss an expression as being only about words without real meaning or action.
  • His apology was seen as mere verbalism, as his behavior did not change.

Học thuật

Noun

1. overabundance of words
2. the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions
   • expressions of good will
   • he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas
   • the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours

Từ đồng nghĩa

• verbiage
• expression
• verbal expression