Synonyms for rhetoric
ˈrɛt ər ɪkrhetoric

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1. rhetoricnoun

   using language effectively to please or persuade

   Synonyms:
   empty words, empty talk, hot air, ornateness, grandiosity, grandiloquence, magniloquence, palaver

2. grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoricnoun

   high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation

   "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"

   Synonyms:
   elaborateness, empty talk, hot air, ornateness, empty words, grandiosity, grandiloquence, magniloquence, palaver

3. palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk, rhetoricnoun

   loud and confused and empty talk

   "mere rhetoric"

   Synonyms:
   empty talk, blandishment, cajolery, hot air, ornateness, empty words, grandiosity, grandiloquence, magniloquence, palaver

4. rhetoricnoun

   study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)

   Synonyms:
   empty words, empty talk, hot air, ornateness, grandiosity, grandiloquence, magniloquence, palaver

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1. • Expressive Style
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1. rhetoricnoun

   Synonyms:
   art of composition

2. rhetoricnoun

   Synonyms:
   oratory, elocution, eloquence, science of oratory

3. rhetoricnoun

   Synonyms:
   declamation, artificial eloquence

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1. List of paraphrases for "rhetoric":

   rhetorical, speech, discourse, oratory

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1. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker:

   He's praised them, but he's not speaking out about the fact that this rhetoric out there, and when you've got people say, we have people say 'pigs in a blanket' at a rally, 'fry 'em up like bacon,'.

2. Neera Tanden:

   WIC gives poor moms money for food for their kids, for formula -- for the barest of essentials, i do not understand the rhetoric of Ivanka Trump and her women's empowerment message, saying these things and slashing WIC funding.

3. Edmund Outslay:

   The rhetoric is heating up over Pfizer, but I don't see anything immediate on the horizon.

4. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   The United States and this administration is deeply concerned about rhetoric that seeks to marginalize Arab-Israeli citizens.

5. Dmitry Peskov:

   We consider unacceptable and unforgivable such rhetoric of the head of state, whose bombs killed hundreds of thousands of people around the world.