Definitions for rhetorical question
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
rhetor′ical ques′tion(n.)
a question asked solely for effect and not to elicit a reply, as “What is so rare as a day in June?”
Origin of rhetorical question:
1835–45
Princeton's WordNet
rhetorical question(noun)
a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered
"he liked to make his points with rhetorical questions"
Wiktionary
rhetorical question(Noun)
A question posed only for dramatic or persuasive effect.
rhetorical question(Noun)
A question to which the asker does not expect an answer.
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