Definition of "logomachy" [lo•gom•a•chy]

• A dispute about words. (noun)
• A dispute carried on in words only; a battle of words. (noun)

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• "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."
• "Saxon, on the contrary, delighted in the logomachy, though little enough she understood of it, following mainly by feeling, and once in a while catching a high light."