logocentrism
nounEtymology From logo- + -centrism.
1
The analysis of literature, focusing on the words and grammar to the exclusion of context or literary merit.
2
The assumption that language is a fundamental or objective means of referring to reality, or that all thought and perception is ultimately based on language.
- Related terms
- logocentric, logocentrist, phallogocentrism, phonocentrism