The end of which there were two little sketches of rhetoric and logic, the latter finishing with a specimen of a dispute in the Socratic method.
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Rhetoric
/ɹɪˈtɒɹɪk/
Synonyms for "rhetoric" (192 found)
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Closest matches (39)
affectationarticulatenessbarnumismbedizenmentbig talkblusterbombastchoice of wordscommand of languagecommand of wordscompositionconvolutiondebatingdeclamationdemagogismdemagoguerydialectdictiondiscourseeffective style
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elocutioneloquenceeloquent tongueexaggerationexpressionexpression of ideasexpressivenessfacundityfashionfeeling for wordsfelicitousness
Noun(7 words)
Preposition(1 words)
by speech
Strong matches (57)
felicityflashinessflatulenceflatulencyforensicsform of speechformulationfulsomenessfustiangarishnessgasconadegaudinessgift of expressiongift of gabglibnessgrace of expressiongrammargrandiloquencegrandiosenessgrandiosity
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graphicnesshigh-flown dictionhighfalutinhomileticshot airidiominflatednessinflationlanguagelecturinglexiphanicismliterary stylelocutionloftinesslong-windednessluridnessmagniloquencemannermanner of speakingmannerismmeaningfulnessmere rhetoricmeretriciousnessmodemode of expressionoratory
Noun(11 words)
flimflamfudsgrandiloquencegrandiosityhot airmagniloquenceoral rhetoricoratingorationoratoriesoratory
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Noun(13 words)
ornatenesspalaverpersuadingpersuasionpersuasive languagequeeringrhetorical stylerhetorical theoryrhetoricsspeechcraftstyle of languagethe study of rhetoricwordcraft
orotundityostentationostentatious complexityparlancepeculiaritypersonal stylephrasephraseologyphrasingplatform oratoryplatitudinous ponderositypolysyllabic profunditypompositypompous prolixitypompousnesspontificationpretensionpretentiousnessprolixityprose run mad
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public speakingpufferypyrotechnicsrabble rousingrabble-rousingrantravingrhapsodyrhetoricalnessrodomontadesensationalismsense of languagesententiousnesssesquipedalityshowinesssilver tongueslicknesssmoothnessspeakingspeechspeechcraftspeechificationspeechingspeechmakingstiltednessstrainstump speakingstylestylistic analysisstylisticsswelling utteranceswollen phraseswollennesstalktall talkthe grand stylethe plain stylethe sublimetortuositytortuousnesstricktumiditytumidnessturgescenceturgidityusageuse of wordsusus loquendiveinverbiageverbosityvividnesswaywindinesswordagewordcraftwordinesswording
Adjective(5 words)
persuasive speakingpersuasive speaking stylepersuasive speakingspolitical argumentverbal art
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11 entriesacademic disciplinebunkcommunicationexpressive stylehokumlinguistic styleliterary studymeaninglessnessnonsensenonsensicalitystyle
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7 entriesCollocations
6 entriesacademic rhetoricpolitical rhetoricpublic rhetoricrhetorical analysisrhetorical devicerhetorical strategy
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
But it's the rhetoric of failure.
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Their pseudo-scientific rhetoric serves as justification for America's imperialist foreign policy.
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This argument is pure rhetoric.
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