The Collaborative International Dictionary
Verbalism \Ver"bal*ism\, n. Something expressed verbally; a verbal remark or expression.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The expression of a concept in words; the wording used in such an expression 2 The excessive use of words, often with little meaning
Usage examples of "verbalism".
Why do you think I interrupted my search for her, and risked my carnate existence, to fight those people over a matter of verbalisms and political propaganda?
Perhaps more than anyone else, the Fabians are responsible for turning English socialist thought from the verbalism of the Marxian disciples to the actualities of English political life.
In spite of the obvious verbalisms involved, the inability to provide empirical proof for any of these positions, and, indeed, the inability, even apart from questions of mere provability, to empirically discriminate among these various hypotheses, which was doubtless something of an advantage, many people took these notions very seriously.