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" (167 found)
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Strong matches (50)
Related words (83)
Noun(4 words)
orotundityostentationostentatious complexitypalaverparlancepeculiaritypersonal stylephrasephraseologyphrasingplatform oratoryplatitudinous ponderositypolysyllabic profunditypompositypompous prolixitypompousnesspontificationpretensionpretentiousnessprolixity
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Adjective(1 words)
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8 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesat location
2 entriescapable of
2 entriesdefined as
1 entriesderived
6 entriesis a
5 entriesmade of
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriesused for
1 entriesTranslations
138 translations across 56 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- redekuns noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- retoriek noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Albanian
1 entries- retorikë noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ῥητορική noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Arabic
2 entries- بَلَاغَة noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- فَصَاحَة noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Armenian
1 entries- հռետորաբանություն noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Belarusian
4 entries- красамо́ўства noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- пустасло́ўе noun (meaningless language)
- рыто́рыка noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- словаблу́дства noun (meaningless language)
Bulgarian
4 entries- красноре́чие noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- красноречи́вост noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- многосло́вие noun (meaningless language)
- рито́рика noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Catalan
2 entries- retòrica noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- retòrica noun (meaningless language)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 修辭 /修辞 noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- 修辭學 /修辞学 noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- 強詞奪理 /强词夺理 noun (meaningless language)
Czech
4 entries- floskule noun (meaningless language)
- rétorika noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- rétorika noun (meaningless language)
- výřečnost noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Danish
4 entries- kancellistil noun (meaningless language)
- retorik noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- retorik noun (meaningless language)
- talekunst noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Dutch
3 entries- redekunde noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- retorica noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- retoriek noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Esperanto
1 entries- retoriko noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Estonian
1 entries- retoorika noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Faroese
2 entries- retorikkur noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- tungusnild noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Finnish
3 entries- puhetaito noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- retoriikka noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- retoriikka noun (meaningless language)
French
3 entries- discours noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- rhétorique noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- rhétorique noun (meaningless language)
Galician
2 entries- retórica noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- retórica noun (meaningless language)
Georgian
1 entries- რიტორიკა noun (art of using language for persuasion)
German
2 entries- Redekunst noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- Rhetorik noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Greek
1 entries- ρητορική noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Hebrew
1 entries- רֶטוֹרִיקָה noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Hindi
4 entries- फ़साहत noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- बलाग़त noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- वक्रपटुता noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- वाक्पटुता noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Hungarian
2 entries- retorika noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- szónoklattan noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Indonesian
1 entries- retorika noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Irish
4 entries- reitric noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- reitric noun (meaningless language)
- roscaireacht noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- roscaireacht noun (meaningless language)
Italian
1 entries- retorica noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Japanese
1 entries- 修辞学 noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Kazakh
2 entries- риторика noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- шешендік noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Korean
2 entries- 미사여구 noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- 수사학 noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Lao
1 entries- ວາທະສາດ noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Latvian
1 entries- retorika noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Lithuanian
1 entries- retorika noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Macedonian
3 entries- красноречивост noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- реторика noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- речитост noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Malay
2 entries- retorik noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- ريتوريک noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- retorikk noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Old Norse
1 entries- málsnildarlist noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Persian
2 entries- بَلَاغَت noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- فَصَاحَت noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Polish
2 entries- pustosłowie noun (meaningless language)
- retoryka noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Portuguese
2 entries- retórica noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- retórica noun (meaningless language)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਫ਼ਸਾਹਤ noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- ਬਲਾਗ਼ਤ noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Romanian
1 entries- retorică noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Russian
4 entries- красноба́йство noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- красноре́чие noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- пустозво́нство noun (meaningless language)
- пустосло́вие noun (meaningless language)
Sanskrit
3 entries- वक्रपटुता noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- वाक्पटुता noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- शब्दाडम्बर noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- gòvōrnīštvo noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- krasnorjèčivōst noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- krasnorèčivōst noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- retòrika noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Slovak
3 entries- rečníctvo noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- rétorika noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- výrečnosť noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Slovene
2 entries- govorništvo noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- retorika noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Spanish
1 entries- retórica noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Swedish
1 entries- retorik noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Tagalog
1 entries- sayusay noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Tajik
2 entries- балоғат noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- фасоҳат noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Thai
2 entries- วาทศาสตร์ noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- วาทศิลป์ noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Turkish
2 entries- belagat noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- retorik noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Ukrainian
4 entries- багатослі́вність noun (meaningless language)
- красномо́вність noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- красномо́вство noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- марносло́вство noun (meaningless language)
Urdu
2 entries- بَلَاغَت noun (art of using language for persuasion)
- فَصَاحَت noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tu từ học noun (art of using language for persuasion)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
But it's the rhetoric of failure.
Source: tatoeba (51261)
Their pseudo-scientific rhetoric serves as justification for America's imperialist foreign policy.
Source: tatoeba (2838714)
This argument is pure rhetoric.
Source: tatoeba (2997060)
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