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Meaning of "logomachy" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LOGOMACHY

From Greek logomakhia, from logos word + makhē battle.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF LOGOMACHY

lɒˈɡɒməkɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOGOMACHY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Logomachy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LOGOMACHY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of logomachy in the English dictionary

The definition of logomachy in the dictionary is argument about words or the meaning of words.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOGOMACHY

Andromache · gigantomachy · hummocky · monomachy · naumachy · psychomachy · sciamachy · sciomachy · skiamachy · stomachy · tauromachy · theomachy · Titanomachy

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOGOMACHY

logographer · logographic · logographical · logographically · logography · logogriph · logogriphic · logomach · logomachies · logomachist · logopaedic · logopaedics · logopedic · logopedics · logophile · logorrhea · logorrheic · logorrhoea · logos · logothete

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOGOMACHY

achy · beachy · coachy · headachy · leachy · Malachy · peachy · poachy · preachy · queachy · spinachy

Synonyms and antonyms of logomachy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «logomachy» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF LOGOMACHY

Find out the translation of logomachy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of logomachy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «logomachy» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

logomachy
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

logomachy
570 millions of speakers
en

English

logomachy
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

logomachy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شكلي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

словопрение
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

logomaquia
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

logomachy
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

logomachie
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Loghaty
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Logomachy
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

言葉についての論争
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

logomachy
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Logiyan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự cải chư
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வெறும் சொற்களைப் பற்றிய கருத்து வேறுபாடு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Logomachy
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

logomachy
70 millions of speakers
it

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logomachy
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

logomachy
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

словопренія
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

logomachy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

logomachy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

logomachy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

logomachy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

logomachy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of logomachy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOGOMACHY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of logomachy
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about logomachy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOGOMACHY»

Discover the use of logomachy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to logomachy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An Essay on the Impediments to Knowledge Created by ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
William Fitzgerald (Bp. Of Killaloe.), 2013
2
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the ...
Dr. Ash has them all, and accents Logomachy, Monomachy, and Tlteomachy, on the first sjllible; and Sciomachy on the second. Bailey accents Monomachy and Sciomachy on the first syllable, and Logomachy and Theomachy on the third.
John Walker, 1822
3
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary: And Expositor of the ...
The only words of this termination we have in Johnson's Dictionary, are, logomachy, monomachy, Kiomachy, and theomachy. The two first of which he accents on the first syllable, and the two last on the second. Mr. Sheridan has but two of ...
John Walker, 1809
4
A critical pronouncing dictionary [ed. by J. Murdoch].
Nothing can more show the uncertainty of our or- t li>>Cpists in the pronunciation of unusual words, than the accentuation of this, and those of a similar form. The only words of this termination we have in Johnson's Dictionary, are, logomachy, ...
John Walker, John Murdoch, 1827
5
Modern English literature: its blemishes and defects
These battles of logomachy, in which so much ink has been spilt." — Quarrels of Authors. The writer who penned such sentences could not he aware that " minutiae " is a Latin word, and means " trifles ;" that " arcana " is in the same category, ...
Henry Hegart Breen, 1857
6
Vocabulary Advantage GRE/GMAT/CAT and Other Examinations
The logos bacha-log 2: prologue”, epilogue“, syllogism“5' The logos bacha-log 3: apologuem, apologya”, logomachy".'s' As for the answer to my question, just think of how many times you have dismissed a man as “stupid” just because he ...
Japinder Gill
7
Pocket Posh Word Power: 120 Words to Make You Sound Intelligent
—Wordnik Limn is from the Middle English word limnen, meaning “to illuminate ( a manuscript).” Illuminated manuscripts are ancient texts supple71 logomachy /( lə-gom'ə-kē)/ noun 1 Dispute over the meaning of words. 2 A conflict waged only  ...
Wordnik, Angela Tung, 2011
8
Ramus, Pedagogy and the Liberal Arts: Ramism in Britain and ...
Thus, far from the tortured and redundant logomachy which current historiography of early modern logic presents, Ahier and Richardson show us a divinely penetrating art of interpretation and understanding applicable to and at work within all ...
Ms Emma Wilson, Dr Steven Reid, 2013
9
Pedagogy and Power: Rhetorics of Classical Learning
'A logomachy breaks out over a Revolution which is itself qualified as a “ logomachy” by its protagonists.'3"]ack cannot silence Tom, because Tom must disown his views if the dialogue is to foreground its power to teach readers. This shift from ...
Yun Lee Too, Niall Livingstone, 2007
10
The Vices of Learning: Morality and Knowledge at Early ...
The frequency of this criticism reveals that sophistic logomachy was consid- ered a major problem in connection with academic behaviour. The later pro- fessor of philosophy and theology at Göttingen, Georg Heinrich Ribov (1703–1774), and ...
Sari Kivisto, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOGOMACHY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term logomachy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Joint chiefs call Russia is biggest US threat
The U.S. general's warning about the Russian threat was “pure logomachy because neither the Russian government nor the Russian military is ... «Lid Time - Weird News, Entertainment, News Headlines, Jul 15»
2
US policy in Ukraine against Russia is 'bankrupt': Geopolitical analyst
The US general's warning about the Russian threat was “pure logomachy because neither the Russian government nor the Russian military is ... «Press TV, Jul 15»
3
Melburnians are living the dream as expat adventurers
International trend forecasting agency Logomachy has even coined the term “nuppie” to describe the hyper-mobile nomadic professional of the ... «Herald Sun, Jan 15»
4
SC commutes 15 death sentences citing delays in mercy petitions
Law is not a formal label, nor logomachy but a working technique of justice... It would be extraordinary that a far worse solitary confinement, ... «Livemint, Jan 14»
5
Do Look Before You Lunge
Cheap Logomachy. How reports on border skirmishes have skimmed details for sensation. Shivam Vij. view from pakistan. Playback Artistes' Pratfalls. When talk ... «Outlook, Jan 13»
6
Lacerating Wit, Seasoned Cynic
Why say "war of words" when you can use "logomachy"? Most of all, Bierce offers the pleasure of lacerating wit, felicitously phrased. «Wall Street Journal, Aug 11»
7
Santorum Google problem: Should the search engine associate …
This was just the beginning of the logomachy. Savage started a website, Spreading Santorum, devoted to the definition's proliferation, and it ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 11»
8
Guy Hocquenghem on Homosexual Desire, Capitalism, and the Left
... continued and continue to replicate the conditioned reflexes of the political sector that produced them: logomachy, the replacement of desire ... «Monthly Review, Apr 11»
9
Vladimir Jabotinsky- 'The Iron Wall (We and the Arabs)'
... and their minds have been sharpened like ours by centuries of fine-spun logomachy. We may tell them whatever we like about the innocence ... «MWC News, Mar 11»
10
V-i-c-t-o-r-y! Toronto girl wins second consecutive Canspell spelling …
Laura had to spell a lot of words to get here: Finlandization, sondage, cyanide, and logomachy — meaning a dispute over words — to name but ... «Canada.com, Mar 10»
REFERENCE
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