Rhetoric

/ɹɪˈtɒɹɪk/

Synonyms for "rhetoric" (192 found)

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Closest matches (39)

Noun(7 words)
argumentationbunkumcampaign languagediscoursingeloquenceempty talkempty words
Preposition(1 words)
by speech

Strong matches (57)

Related words (96)

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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Adjective(5 words)
persuasive speakingpersuasive speaking stylepersuasive speakingspolitical argumentverbal art

Related word relations

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More general

11 entries
academic disciplinebunkcommunicationexpressive stylehokumlinguistic styleliterary studymeaninglessnessnonsensenonsensicalitystyle

More specific

7 entries
applied rhetoricdramatic rhetoricethoslogosornamental rhetoricpathosrhetorical theory

Collocations

6 entries
academic rhetoricpolitical rhetoricpublic rhetoricrhetorical analysisrhetorical devicerhetorical strategy

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

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Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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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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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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