noun
- People who engage in disputes about words or their meanings; those who argue over trivial linguistic points.
Usage: Plural of logomachy or logomachy practitioner; Formal, literary usage; Often used critically to describe pedantic arguers
Examples
- The logomachs spent hours debating whether the term should be 'email' or 'e-mail'.
- Rather than solve the problem, the committee became filled with logomachs arguing over definitions.
- He dismissed the critics as mere logomachs more interested in semantics than substance.
- The logomachs in the philosophy department could debate the meaning of a single word for an entire semester.
- She refused to join the logomachs in their endless argument about proper terminology.