About The Word Rhetoric
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Rhetoric
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What's The Definition Of Rhetoric?
[n] study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
[n] loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric" [n] high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation [n] using language effectively to please or persuade Synonyms | Synonyms for Rhetoric: empty talk | empty words | grandiloquence | grandiosity | hot air | magniloquence | palaver Related Terms | Find terms related to Rhetoric: See Also | blah | bombast | claptrap | expressive style | flourish | fustian | hokum | literary study | meaninglessness | nonsense | nonsensicality | rant | rhetorical device | style Rhetoric In Webster's Dictionary \Rhet"o*ric\, n. [F. rh['e]torique, L. rhetorica, Gr.
???? (sc. ???), fr. ??? rhetorical, oratorical, fr. ???
orator, rhetorician; perhaps akin to E. word; cf. ??? to
say.]
1. The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in
prose.
2. Oratory; the art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and
force. --Locke.
3. Hence, artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation
without conviction or earnest feeling.
4. Fig. : The power of persuasion or attraction; that which
allures or charms.
Sweet, silent rhetoric of persuading eyes. --Daniel.
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