Meaning & Definition of Rhetoric in English
English⟶
Rhetoric
/rɛtərɪk/
noun
1. Using language effectively to please or persuade
synonym:
- rhetoric
2. High-flown style
- Excessive use of verbal ornamentation
- "The grandiosity of his prose"
- "An excessive ornateness of language"
synonym:
- grandiosity,
- magniloquence,
- ornateness,
- grandiloquence,
- rhetoric
3. Loud and confused and empty talk
- "Mere rhetoric"
synonym:
- palaver,
- hot air,
- empty words,
- empty talk,
- rhetoric
4. Study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
synonym:
- rhetoric
Examples of using
This argument is nothing more than rhetoric.
This argument is pure rhetoric.
Their pseudo-scientific rhetoric serves as justification for America's imperialist foreign policy.