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1. (adj.) rhetorical
used for mere effect.
2. rhetorical
marked by or tending to use bombast.
3. rhetorical
of, concerned with, or being rhetoric.
Etymology: (1470–80; < L rhētoric(us) (< Gk rhētorikós) + -al1)
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1. (adj) rhetorical
of or relating to rhetoric
"accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White; "the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis Mumford
2. (adj) rhetorical
given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought
"mere rhetorical frippery"
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1. (adj) rhetorical
of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish
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