Definitions for Rhetoric
ˈrɛt ər ɪkrhetoric

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rhetoricnoun

   using language effectively to please or persuade

2. grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoricnoun

   high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation

   "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"

3. palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk, rhetoricnoun

   loud and confused and empty talk

   "mere rhetoric"

4. rhetoricnoun

   study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rhetoricnoun

   The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.

2. rhetoricnoun

   Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress.

   It's only so much rhetoric.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rhetoric

   Rhetoric () is the art of persuasion, which along with grammar and logic (or dialectic), is one of the three ancient arts of discourse. Rhetoric aims to study the techniques writers or speakers utilize to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations. Aristotle defines rhetoric as "the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion" and since mastery of the art was necessary for victory in a case at law, for passage of proposals in the assembly, or for fame as a speaker in civic ceremonies, he calls it "a combination of the science of logic and of the ethical branch of politics". Rhetoric typically provides heuristics for understanding, discovering, and developing arguments for particular situations, such as Aristotle's three persuasive audience appeals: logos, pathos, and ethos. The five canons of rhetoric or phases of developing a persuasive speech were first codified in classical Rome: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery. From Ancient Greece to the late 19th century, rhetoric played a central role in Western education in training orators, lawyers, counsellors, historians, statesmen, and poets.

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1. rhetoric

   Rhetoric is the art or skill of speaking or writing effectively and persuasively, often utilizing figures of speech, compositional techniques, and other strategies to persuade or influence an audience. It is traditionally utilized in areas such as politics, literature, journalism, and advertising. The term can also refer to language that is elaborate, pretentious, insincere, or designed to impress.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rhetoricnoun

   the art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose

2. Rhetoricnoun

   oratory; the art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and force

3. Rhetoricnoun

   hence, artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation without conviction or earnest feeling

4. Rhetoricnoun

   fig. : The power of persuasion or attraction; that which allures or charms

5. Etymology: [F. rhtorique, L. rhetorica, Gr. (sc. ), fr. rhetorical, oratorical, fr. orator, rhetorician; perhaps akin to E. word; cf. to say.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rhetoric

   Rhetoric is the art of discourse, an art that aims to improve the capability of writers or speakers that attempt to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations. As a subject of formal study and a productive civic practice, rhetoric has played a central role in the Western tradition. Its best known definition comes from Aristotle, who considers it a counterpart of both logic and politics, and calls it "the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion." Rhetorics typically provide heuristics for understanding, discovering, and developing arguments for particular situations, such as Aristotle's three persuasive audience appeals, logos, pathos, and ethos. The five canons of rhetoric, which trace the traditional tasks in designing a persuasive speech, were first codified in classical Rome: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery. Along with grammar and logic, rhetoric is one of the three ancient arts of discourse. From ancient Greece to the late 19th century, it was a central part of Western education, filling the need to train public speakers and writers to move audiences to action with arguments. The word is derived from the Greek ῥητορικός, "oratorical", from ῥήτωρ, "public speaker", related to ῥῆμα, "that which is said or spoken, word, saying", and ultimately derived from the verb λέγω, "to speak, say".

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rhetoric

   ret′or-ik, n. the theory and practice of eloquence, whether spoken or written, the whole art of using language so as to persuade others: the art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and force: artificial oratory: declamation.—adj. Rhetor′ical, pertaining to rhetoric: oratorical.—adv. Rhetor′ically.—v.i. Rhetor′icāte (obs.), to act the orator.—ns. Rhetoricā′tion (obs.); Rhetori′cian, one who teaches the art of rhetoric: an orator.—v.i. Rhet′orise, to play the orator. [Fr.,—L. rhetorica (ars)—Gr. rhētorikē (technē), the rhetorical (art)—rhētōr, a public speaker—erein, to speak.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rhetoric

   the science or art of persuasive or effective speech, written as well as spoken, and that both in theory and practice was cultivated to great perfection among the ancient Greeks and Romans, and to some extent in the Middle Ages and later, but is much less cultivated either as a science or an art to-day.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RHETORIC

   Language in a dress suit.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Rhetoric in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Rhetoric in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Rhetoric in a Sentence

1. Dennis Potter:

   Politics is still crucially important. Our choices are vital, and we've got to make them, and not just say, 'Oh, they're all the same.' They are all the same in certain ways, alas -- a political animal is such an animal. But lurking somewhere behind their rhetoric and their spittle are important choices that we should make.

2. Jay Tabb:

   I think the FBI's got a fair sense of worry about Monday because of all the factors that you just talked about and because we can't account for everybody and everything. We have a degree of interest of some individuals that we know are at least saying that they will be there and we have no way to predict where rhetoric turns to violence.

3. Andrea Prasow:

   The Biden administration set an incredibly low bar for Egypt to clear -- far lower than Congress intended -- to receive The Biden administration full military aid, at the same time, we now know that pressure works when our rhetoric has teeth. The fact that any progress was made on prisoner releases is only because The Biden administration held firmly to The Biden administration conditions, and we should insist that doing so is the only path forward in relations with Egypt.

4. The US:

   All of the nuclear-armed states are increasing or upgrading their arsenals and most are sharpening nuclear rhetoric and the role nuclear weapons play in their military strategies -- this is a very worrying trend.

5. The Archdiocese of Chicago:

   There is no place in American life for discriminatory rhetoric of any kind, at a time when hate crimes are on the rise, when religious believers are murdered in their places of worship, we cannot countenance any speech that dehumanizes persons on the basis of ethnicity, religious belief, economic status or country of origin.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Rhetoric
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhetoric
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Rhetoric
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Rhetoric
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Rhetoric
8. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Rhetoric
9. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=Rhetoric