Rhetoric - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈretərɪk|
Brit.
|ˈretərɪk|
noun
- using language effectively to please or persuade
- high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation (syn: grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence)
- loud and confused and empty talk (syn: palaver)
- high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation (syn: grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence)
- loud and confused and empty talk (syn: palaver)
mere rhetoric
- study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)Extra examples
...the mayor's promise to fight drugs was just rhetoric, since there was no money in the city budget for a drug program...
The speech was dismissed by some people as merely political rhetoric.
...although the speech was long on rhetoric and platitudinous generalities, it lacked specifics...
...the often bitter rhetoric between the jingoes and the committed pacifists...
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