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Synonyms for rhetoric
ˈrɛt ər ɪkrhetoric
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Princeton's WordNet
rhetoricnoun
using language effectively to please or persuade
Synonyms:
empty words, empty talk, hot air, ornateness, grandiosity, grandiloquence, magniloquence, palavergrandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoricnoun
high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
"the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"
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elaborateness, empty talk, hot air, ornateness, empty words, grandiosity, grandiloquence, magniloquence, palaverpalaver, 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, palaverrhetoricnoun
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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Dictionary of English Synonymes
rhetoricnoun
Synonyms:
art of compositionrhetoricnoun
Synonyms:
oratory, elocution, eloquence, science of oratoryrhetoricnoun
Synonyms:
declamation, artificial eloquence
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "rhetoric":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2557 | speech | |
#11225 | discourse | |
#13286 | rhetoric | |
#25458 | rhetorical | |
#54436 | oratory | |
#119502 | palaver | |
#163488 | grandiosity |
How to use rhetoric in a sentence?
I don't have to wait to become president to take a stand right here and right now against the divisive rhetoric that demonizes immigrants and their families.
The rhetoric in so many of my comments about childhood trauma and healing and whatever you want to say about my family, my life, my parents, whatever is not your business, as is the case wit every other person in the entire world it is not anybody else’s business what they are dealing with behind closed doors if they don’t want it to be your business.
We call on( North Korea) to refrain from provocative, destabilizing actions and rhetoric, and to make the strategic choice to fulfill North Korea international obligations and commitments and return to serious talks, north Korea's unlawful weapons programs represent a clear, grave threat to The US national security.
In October, we defined a positive agenda, we reached out our hand, turkey must stop its provocations, its hostile rhetoric.
Over the past two weeks, there has been racist propaganda and rhetoric towards tangata whenua, that not only is insulting, but diminishes the manner of this House.
Translations for rhetoric
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- بلاغةArabic
- rétorika, floskule, řečnictvíCzech
- retorik, kancellistil, velformuleretDanish
- RhetorikGerman
- retóricaSpanish
- بلاغتPersian
- puhetaito, retoriikkaFinnish
- rhétoriqueFrench
- reitric, roscaireachtIrish
- वक्रपटुताHindi
- հռետորաբանությունArmenian
- retoriek, redekunde, retoricaDutch
- retóricaPortuguese
- пустосло́вие, красноре́чие, рито́рика, риторика, пустозво́нство, красноба́йство, фразёрство, словоблу́диеRussian
- gòvōrnīštvo, retòrikaSerbo-Croatian
- рето́рикаUkrainian
- بیاناتUrdu
- 修辭Chinese
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