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rhetoric

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishrethorik, fromLatinrēthoricus,rhētoricus, fromAncient Greekῥητορῐκός(rhētorĭkós).

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rhetoric

  1. Synonym ofrhetorical.

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishrethorik,rhetoric, fromOld Frenchrhetorique, fromLatinrhētorica, fromAncient Greekῥητορική(rhētorikḗ), ellipsis ofῥητορικὴτέχνη(rhētorikḕ tékhnē), fromῥητορικός(rhētorikós,concerning public speech), fromῥήτωρ(rhḗtōr,public speaker).

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rhetoric (countable anduncountable,pluralrhetorics)

  1. Theart of usinglanguage, especially public speaking, as a means topersuade.
    • 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, inRAIL, number978, page53:
      Transport Minister Marples, meanwhile, used arrogantrhetoric and showed his personal contempt for railways when confirming in Parliament that a third of the network was to be closed even before the survey results were known.
  2. (sometimes derogatory)Meaninglesslanguage with anexaggeratedstyleintended toimpress.
    It’s only so muchrhetoric.
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  • Adjectives often applied to "rhetoric":
    • (by kind or area of application) political, legal, visual, classical, ancient
    • (by quality) violent, empty, inflammatory, hateful, heated, fiery, vitriolic, angry, overheated, extreme
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art of using language for persuasion
meaningless language

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