Meanings
plural logomachies
- A conflict waged only as a battle of words
1 more example
He was left over the coffee with Brayne, the hoary Yankee who believed in all religions, and Valentin, the grizzled Frenchman who believed in none. They could argue with each other, but neither could appeal to him. After a time this “progressive” logomachy had reached a crisis of tedium; Lord Galloway got up also and sought the drawing-room.
1911, G. K. Chesterton, “The Secret Garden”, in The Innocence of Father BrownSynonyms: war of words
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA conflict waged only as a battle of words
Origin
- Ancient Greekλογομαχία
- Latinlogomachia
- Englishlogomachy
From Latin logomachia, from Ancient Greek λογομαχία (logomakhía).
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian словесен спор
- словесен спор (slovesen spor)conflict waged only as a battle of words
Finnish sanaharkka, sanasota
- sanaharkkaconflict waged only as a battle of words
- sanasotaconflict waged only as a battle of words
Norwegian ordduell
- ordduellconflict waged only as a battle of words
Polish logomachia, logomachie
- logomachiadispute over the meaning of words
- logomachiedispute over the meaning of words
Cite this entry
logomachy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/logomachy
“logomachy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/logomachy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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