logomachy

• Nom désignant une dispute ou une argumentation portant sur le sens ou l'usage des mots, souvent perçue comme vaine ou pédante.

A noun referring to a dispute or argument over the meaning or use of words.

1. Dispute over wordsC2formal

   A heated argument or debate about the meaning or usage of words.

   Querelle de mots

   • The philosophers engaged in a lengthy logomachy over the definition of 'truth'.
   • Their discussion turned into a logomachy, with each insisting on their own interpretation.
   • The meeting was unproductive, devolving into a logomachy about terminology.

   Antonymesaccordagreementconsensus