PRONUNCIATION:

(luh-GOM-uh-kee) 

MEANING:

noun:
1. A dispute about words.
2. A battle fought with words.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek logo- (word) + -machy (battle). Earliest documented use: 1569.

USAGE:

“Raymond Queneau’s most attractive books are founded on a logomachy in which fine words are pitted against the not so fine.”
John Sturrock; The Word From Paris; Verso; 1998.