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n. - Argument about words or the meaning of words.

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Usage examples (35)
  • Jose Fierro, spelled 13 words correctly before missing "logomachy," which means a dispute over words.
  • A few distinctions might be helping, to avoid "logomachy" (thanks for that) and just simply talking past each other.
  • To those that protested, and they were many, he said: This is no time for logomachy.
  • While perfectly willing to watch the logomachy when it should arrive, I had no wish to take part.
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