rectification of names, n.All

Rectification of names (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Confucius's recipe for social order, and it can't be taken seriously: words must be defined by other words, and those by what?

Rectification of names (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Confucius's plan to set society right by calling each thing by its right name — a vicious circle to the Taoists, for with what names are the right names defined?