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Meaning of rhetoric


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  rhetoric
      n 1: using language effectively to please or persuade
      2: high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the
         grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of
         language" [syn: {grandiosity}, {magniloquence}, {ornateness},
         {grandiloquence}, {rhetoric}]
      3: loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric" [syn:
         {palaver}, {hot air}, {empty words}, {empty talk},
         {rhetoric}]
      4: study of the technique and rules for using language
         effectively (especially in public speaking)


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