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nounhigh-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
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"mere rhetoric"nounloud and confused and empty talk
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nounstudy of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)type of:
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Definition that contains rhetoric
- wind empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
- jazz empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
- nothingness empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
- repetition the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
- rhetorical of or relating to rhetoric
- rhetorical given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought
- flowery marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details
- narration (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth
- exclamation an exclamatory rhetorical device
- malarkey empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk