verbality

Noun

verbality (countable and uncountable, plural verbalities)

1. The state or characteristic of consisting of words; that which consists simply of verbiage.
   • For my own investigations of traditional logic lead irresistably to the conclusion that it is essentially an equivocation between psychology and verbality.1914, F. C. S. Schiller, "Dr. Mercier and Formal Logic," Mind, New Series, vol. 23, no. 92, p. 568
   • In other words, to read a visual poem is to betray it; to restore it to verbality is to eliminate half of its meaning.1989, A. Kibédi Varga, “Criteria for Describing Word-and-Image Relations”, in Poetics Today, volume 10, number 1, page 37
2. Proficiency or fluency in the use of words.
   • Generally, high communicators were found to be: college majors in humanities or natural sciences, Jewish or Catholic persons, first-born or only children, and those high in verbality.1966, Shirley S. Angrist, “Communication about Birth Control: An Exploratory Study of Freshman Girls' Information and Attitudes”, in Journal of Marriage and Family, volume 28, number 3, page 285