English noun: rhetoric | |||
1. | rhetoric (communication) using language effectively to please or persuade | ||
Broader (hypernym) | expressive style, style | ||
Part holonym | rhetorical device | ||
2. | rhetoric (communication) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation | ||
Samples | The grandiosity of his prose. An excessive ornateness of language. | ||
Synonyms | grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | expressive style, style | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | blah, bombast, claptrap, flourish, fustian, rant | ||
3. | rhetoric (communication) loud and confused and empty talk | ||
Samples | Mere rhetoric. | ||
Synonyms | empty talk, empty words, hot air, palaver | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality | ||
4. | rhetoric (cognition) study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | literary study | ||
Domain category members | allocution, anacoluthic, epanodos, epanodos, exordium, narration, peroration, ploce, rhetorical device, tropical | ||