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Noun: rhetoric returik- Using language effectively to please or persuade
- High-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
- grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence - Loud and confused and empty talk
"mere rhetoric"
- palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk - Study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
Derived forms: rhetorics See also: rhetorical, rhetorician Type of: bunk, expressive style, hokum, literary study, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, style Encyclopedia: Rhetoric |