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Rhetoric (Noun)

Meaning 1

High-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language".

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Synonyms

  • Ornateness
  • Magniloquence
  • Grandiosity
  • Grandiloquence

Hypernyms

  • Expressive Style
  • Style

Hyponyms

  • Claptrap
  • Flourish
  • Rant
  • Bombast
  • Fustian

Meaning 2

Loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric".

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Synonyms

  • Hot Air
  • Empty Words
  • Palaver
  • Empty Talk

Hypernyms

  • Bunk
  • Nonsense
  • Meaninglessness
  • Nonsensicality

Meaning 3

Using language effectively to please or persuade.

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Hypernyms

  • Style

Related Words

  • Rhetorician (noun)

Meaning 4

Study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking).

Classification

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

Related Words

  • Rhetorician (noun)
  • Rhetorical (adjective)
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