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rhetoric
noun
(rhet-o-ric)
high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
Synonyms:
grandiloquence
,
grandiosity
,
magniloquence
,
ornateness
,
rhetoric
noun
(rhet-o-ric)
loud and confused and empty talk
Synonyms:
empty talk, empty words, hot air,
palaver
,
Examples:
Mere rhetoric.
rhetoric
noun
(rhet-o-ric)
study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
rhetoric
noun
(rhet-o-ric)
using language effectively to please or persuade
Words Related to
rhetoric
!
grandiloquence
,
grandiosity
,
palaver
,
hot air
,
empty talk
,
empty words
,
magniloquence
,
demagoguery
,
discourse
,
demagogy
,
rhetorical
,
oratory
,
speech
,
eloquence
,
slogan
,
phrase
,
language
,
reasoning
,
talk
,
word
,
vocabulary
,
gesture
,
theory
,
address
,
theoretical
,
statement
,
expression
,
dialect
,
retold
,
reason
,
toast
,
floor
,
hyperbole
,
populism
,
invective
,
bombast
,
propaganda
,
verbiage
,
ideology
,
sophistry
,
nationalism
,
politics
,
sloganeering
,
posturing
,
platitudes
,
bluster
,
doublespeak
,
epanodos
,
polemics
,
pronouncements
,
vitriol
,
denunciations
,
saber rattling
,
fulminations
,
blather
,
vituperation
,
diatribes
,
jingoism
,
mudslinging
,
bellicosity
,
partisanship
,
speechifying
,
bromides
,
speeches
,
agitprop
,
demonization
,
stridency
,
claptrap
,
exhortations
,
realpolitik
,
newspeak
,
nativism
,
politicking
,
brinkmanship
,
doubletalk
,
moralism
,
anadiplosis
,
utterances
,
moralizing
,
pieties
,
tirades
,
hectoring
,
jawboning
,
bravado
,
stances
,
pragmatism
,
reactionism
,
shrillness
,
stemwinder
,
drivel
,
debates
,
pablum
,
unilateralism
,
jeremiads
,
nastiness
,
balderdash
,
hyperbaton
,
weasel words
,
stump speech
,
peroration
,
rhetoric
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