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Definition of Rhetorical
1. Adjective. Of or relating to rhetoric. "The rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"
2. Adjective. Given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought. "Mere rhetorical frippery"
Also: Figurative, Nonliteral, Fancy
Similar to: Bombastic, Declamatory, Large, Orotund, Tumid, Turgid, Flowery, Ornate, Empurpled, Over-embellished, Purple, Forensic, Grandiloquent, Magniloquent, Tall, Oratorical, Poetic, Poetical, Stylistic
Derivative terms: Rhetoric
Antonyms: Unrhetorical
Similar to: Bombastic, Declamatory, Large, Orotund, Tumid, Turgid, Flowery, Ornate, Empurpled, Over-embellished, Purple, Forensic, Grandiloquent, Magniloquent, Tall, Oratorical, Poetic, Poetical, Stylistic
Derivative terms: Rhetoric
Antonyms: Unrhetorical
Definition of Rhetorical
1. a. Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish.
Definition of Rhetorical
1. Adjective. Part of or similar to rhetoric, which is the use of language as a means to persuade. ¹
2. Adjective. Not earnest, or presented only for the purpose of an argument ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rhetorical
1. [adj]
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