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English noun: rhetoric

1. rhetoric (communication) using language effectively to please or persuade


Broader (hypernym)expressive style, style


Part holonymrhetorical device

2. rhetoric (communication) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation


SamplesThe grandiosity of his prose.
An excessive ornateness of language.


Synonymsgrandiloquence, 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


SamplesMere rhetoric.


Synonymsempty 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 membersallocution, anacoluthic, epanodos, epanodos, exordium, narration, peroration, ploce, rhetorical device, tropical









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