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Meaning
Adj
●
Part of or
similar
to
rhetoric
, the use of language as a
means to
persuade.
●
Not
earnest
, or
presented
only for the
purpose
of an argument.
Noun
●
In Education:
A study or
exercise
in rhetoric.
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Origin
rhetorical
English
rhetoricus
Latin
ῥητορικός
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
ῥήτωρ
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
εἴρω
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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Hyperbolic
Glib
Facetious
Semantic
Philosophical
Fallacious
Polemical
Sarcastic
Flippant
Factual
Tautological
Sophistic
Argumentative
Discursive
Narrative
Persuasive
Linguistic
Stylistic
Interpretive
Specious
Representational
Metaphorical
Discourse
Didactic
Performative
Nonsensical
Argumentation
Sophomoric
Fatuous
Semiotic
Ideological
Literary
Pedantic
Symbolic
Poetic
Pragmatic
Deflective
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Factitious
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Theological
Expository
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Verbal
Unanswerable
Communicative
Sophistry
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Simplistic
Snarky
Socratic
Non Sequitur
Tongue In Cheek
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