LOGOMACHY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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)

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