Meaning of definitioneering | Babel Free

Definitions

The act of creating, usually by making up, definitions.

humorous, rare, uncountable

Examples

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

“...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'.”

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

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