Definition of Rhetoric

1. Noun. Using language effectively to please or persuade.

Generic synonyms: Expressive Style, Style
Terms within: Rhetorical Device
Derivative terms: Rhetorician

2. Noun. High-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation. "An excessive ornateness of language"
Exact synonyms: Grandiloquence, Grandiosity, Magniloquence, Ornateness
Specialized synonyms: Flourish, Blah, Bombast, Claptrap, Fustian, Rant
Generic synonyms: Expressive Style, Style
Derivative terms: Grandiloquent, Grandiose, Magniloquent, Ornate

3. Noun. Loud and confused and empty talk. "Mere rhetoric"
Exact synonyms: Empty Talk, Empty Words, Hot Air, Palaver
Generic synonyms: Bunk, Hokum, Meaninglessness, Nonsense, Nonsensicality
Derivative terms: Palaver

4. Noun. Study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking).
Generic synonyms: Literary Study
Examples of category: Exordium, Narration, Peroration, Rhetorical Device, Epanodos, Epanodos, Ploce, Allocution, Tropical, Anacoluthic
Derivative terms: Rhetorical, Rhetorical, Rhetorician

Definition of Rhetoric

1. n. The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose.

Definition of Rhetoric

1. the study of effective speech and writing [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhetoric

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rheotropism
Rhese projection
rhestocythemia
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Rhesus blood group
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rhesus incompatibility
rhesus monkey
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rhetizite
rhetor
rhetoric (current term)
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rhetorically
rhetorical device
rhetorical question
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rhetoricians
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rhetors
rheum
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rheumatalgia
rheumatic
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rheumatically

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