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1. (n.) rhetoric
the art of effectively using language, including the use of figures of speech.
2. rhetoric
language skillfully used.
3. rhetoric
a book or treatise on rhetoric.
4. rhetoric
the undue use of exaggerated language; bombast.
5. rhetoric
the art of prose writing.
6. rhetoric
the art of persuasive speaking; oratory.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME rethorik < ML rēthorica, L rhētorica < Gk rhētorik&emacrgrave; (téchnē) rhetorical (art); see rhetor , -ic)
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| Definition of 'rhetoric' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) rhetoric
using language effectively to please or persuade
2. (noun) grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric
high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
"the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"
3. (noun) palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk, rhetoric
loud and confused and empty talk
"mere rhetoric"
4. (noun) rhetoric
study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) rhetoric
the art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose
2. (noun) rhetoric
oratory; the art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and force
3. (noun) rhetoric
hence, artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation without conviction or earnest feeling
4. (noun) rhetoric
fig. : The power of persuasion or attraction; that which allures or charms
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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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.
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