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rhetorician Definition


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rhetoric
noun
    1. The art of speaking and writing well, elegantly and effectively, especially in order to persuade or influence others.
      Thesaurus: oratory, composition.
    2. The theory and practice of using language effectively.
    3. derog
      Language which is full of unnecessarily long, formal or literary words and phrases, and which is also often insincere or meaningless.
      Example: mere rhetoric
      Thesaurus: bombast, verbosity, wordiness, pomposity, grandiloquence, rant, fustian.
Derivative: rhetorical
    Relating to or using rhetoric.
      Thesaurus: expressive, fluent, articulate, eloquent, articulate.
    Over-elaborate or insincere in style.
      Thesaurus: pretentious, pompous, inflated, exaggerated, overdone, artificial; Antonym: simple, understated.
Derivative: rhetorically
adverb
    Derivative: rhetorician
      historical
      A teacher of the art of rhetoric.
      An orator.
      derog
      Someone who uses rhetorical over-elaborate language.
    Etymology: 14c: from Greek rhetorike techne rhetorical art.



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