Definitioneering

Quick meaning: Definitioneering is a noun meaning (rare, humorous) The act of creating, usually by making up, definitions.

Meaning

(rare, humorous) The act of creating, usually by making up, definitions.

Example Sentences

Are we entitled to so define, or is Hook bogged down in a form of "persuasive definitioneering"?

"...when you try to define it it becomes a surreal puddle of definitioneering," said drummer Brandon Weaver.

...danger is that we may become bogged down in 'definitioneering'; that is, we may become advocates of special definitions that are arbitrarily stipulated.

Makkonen argues that the rationale of the rights concerned should always be taken as a point of departure, rather than an attempt at a priori 'definitioneering'.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include definition, definement, devisal, redefinition, devising, wordmaking.

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