verbalistic

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ver·bal·ist

(vûr′bə-lĭst)

1. One skilled in the use of words.

2. One who favors words over ideas or substance.

ver′bal·is′tic adj.

verbalistic

(ˌvɜːbəˈlɪstɪk)

adj

of or relating to a verbalist

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They would rebuke the Court for getting engrossed "in your own interest in verbalistic conflicts because the inroads on energy and national unity that such conflict inevitably produce, is a pastime we had better postpone until peacetime.