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   rhet·o·ric

   /ˈredərik/

   noun

   • 1. the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques: "he is using a common figure of rhetoric, hyperbole" Similar oratoryeloquencepower of speechcommand of languageexpressionway with wordsdeliverydiction
   • ▪ language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience, but often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content: "all we have from the Opposition is empty rhetoric" Similar bombastloftinessturgiditygrandiloquencemagniloquenceornatenessportentousnesspomposityboastfulnessboastingbraggingheroicshyperboleextravagant languagepurple prosepompousnesssonorousnesswindinesswordinessverbosityprolixityinformal:hot airrare:tumidityfustianeuphuismorotundity

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French rethorique, via Latin from Greek rhētorikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of rhetoric’, from rhētōr ‘rhetor’.

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