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From Middle English rethorik Latin rēthoricus rhētoricus Ancient Greek ῥητορῐκός ( rhētorikós ) .
rhetoric
Synonym of rhetorical .From Middle English rethorik rhetoric Old French rhetorique Latin rhētorica Ancient Greek ῥητορική ( rhētorikḗ ) , ellipsis of ῥητορικὴ τέχνη ( rhētorikḕ tékhnē ) , from ῥητορικός ( rhētorikós , “ concerning public speech ” ) , from ῥήτωρ ( rhḗtōr , “ public speaker ” ) .
rhetoric (countable and uncountable plural rhetorics
The art of using language , especially public speaking, as a means to persuade .
2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL , number 978 , page 53 :Transport Minister Marples, meanwhile, used arrogant rhetoric and showed his personal contempt for railways when confirming in Parliament that a third of the network was to be closed even before the survey results were known.
Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress .
It’s only so much rhetoric .
Collocations
Adjectives often applied to "rhetoric":
( by kind or area of application ) political, legal, visual, classical, ancient( by quality ) violent, empty, inflammatory, hateful, heated, fiery, vitriolic, angry, overheated, extreme
art of using language for persuasion
Afrikaans: retoriek sg redekuns sg
Albanian: retorikë (sq) f
Arabic: بَلَاغَة f ( balāḡa ) , فَصَاحَة f ( faṣāḥa )
Armenian: հռետորաբանություն ( hṙetorabanutʻyun )
Belarusian: красамо́ўства n ( krasamóŭstva ) , рыто́рыка f ( rytóryka )
Bulgarian: красноре́чие (bg) n ( krasnoréčie ) , красноречи́вост f ( krasnorečívost ) , рито́рика (bg) f ( ritórika )
Catalan: retòrica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 修辭 / 修辞 (zh) ( xiūcí ) , 修辭學 / 修辞学 (zh) ( xiūcíxué )
Czech: řečnictví n rétorika (cs) f výřečnost (cs) f
Danish: retorik c
Dutch: redekunde f retorica (nl) f retoriek (nl) f
Esperanto: retoriko
Estonian: retoorika
Faroese: tungusnild f retorikkur m
Finnish: puhetaito (fi) , retoriikka (fi)
French: rhétorique (fr) f discours (fr) m
Galician: retórica (gl) f
Georgian: რიტორიკა ( riṭoriḳa )
German: Rhetorik (de) f Redekunst (de) f
Greek: ρητορική (el) f ( ritorikí )
Ancient: ῥητορική f ( rhētorikḗ )
Hebrew: רֶטוֹרִיקָה (he) f ( retórika )
Hindi: वाक्पटुता f ( vākpaṭutā ) , शब्दाडम्बर (hi) m ( śabdāḍambar ) , वक्रपटुता f ( vakrapṭutā )
Hungarian: szónoklattan (hu) , retorika (hu)
Indonesian: retorika (id)
Irish: reitric f roscaireacht f
Italian: retorica (it) f
Japanese: 修辞学 (ja) ( しゅうじがく, shūjigaku )
Kazakh: шешендік ( şeşendık ) , риторика ( ritorika )
Korean: 수사학(修辭學) (ko) ( susahak ) , 미사여구(美辭麗句) (ko) ( misayeogu )
Lao: ວາທະສາດ ( wā tha sāt )
Latvian: retorika f
Lithuanian: retorika f
Macedonian: реторика f ( retorika ) , речитост f ( rečitost ) , красноречивост f ( krasnorečivost )
Malay: ريتوريک retorik (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: retorikk (no) m
Old Norse: málsnildarlist f
Persian: بلاغت (fa) ( balâğat ) , فصاحت (fa) ( fasâhat )
Polish: retoryka (pl) f
Portuguese: retórica (pt) f
Romanian: retorică (ro) f
Russian: красноре́чие (ru) n ( krasnoréčije ) , красноба́йство (ru) n ( krasnobájstvo ) , рито́рика (ru) f ( ritórika )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: рето̀рика f го̀во̄рнӣштво n рѐчито̄ст f рјѐчито̄ст f краснорѐчиво̄ст f краснорјѐчиво̄ст f
Roman: retòrika (sh) f gòvōrnīštvo (sh) n rèčitōst f rjèčitōst (sh) f krasnorèčivōst f krasnorjèčivōst (sh) f
Slovak: rečníctvo n rétorika f výrečnosť f
Slovene: govorništvo (sl) n retorika (sl) f
Spanish: retórica (es) f
Swedish: retorik (sv) c
Tagalog: sayusay
Tajik: балоғат ( baloġat ) , фасоҳат ( fasohat )
Thai: วาทศิลป์ (th) ( waa-tá-sǐn ) , วาทศาสตร์ (th) ( waa-tá-sàat )
Turkish: retorik (tr) , belagat (tr)
Ukrainian: красномо́вство n ( krasnomóvstvo ) , красномо́вність f ( krasnomóvnistʹ ) , рито́рика f ( rytóryka )
Urdu: بَلاغَت f ( balāġat )
Vietnamese: tu từ học (vi)
meaningless language
Belarusian: шматсло́ўнасць f ( šmatslóŭnascʹ ) , шматсло́ўе n ( šmatslóŭje ) , пустасло́ўе n ( pustaslóŭje ) , словаблу́дства n ( slovablúdstva )
Bulgarian: многосло́вие (bg) n ( mnogoslóvie )
Catalan: retòrica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 強詞奪理 / 强词夺理 (zh) ( qiángcíduólǐ )
Czech: rétorika (cs) f floskule (cs) f
Danish: retorik c kancellistil c
Finnish: retoriikka (fi)
French: rhétorique (fr) f
Galician: retórica (gl) f
Irish: reitric f roscaireacht f
Portuguese: retórica (pt) f
Russian: пустосло́вие (ru) n ( pustoslóvije ) , фразёрство n ( frazjórstvo ) , словоблу́дие (ru) n ( slovoblúdije ) , пустозво́нство (ru) n ( pustozvónstvo )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: рето̀рика f
Roman: retòrika (sh) f
Ukrainian: багатослі́вність (uk) f ( bahatoslívnistʹ ) , марнослі́в'я n ( marnoslívʺja ) , марносло́вство n ( marnoslóvstvo ) , пустослі́в'я n ( pustoslívʺja ) , словоблу́дство n ( slovoblúdstvo ) , словоблу́ддя n ( slovoblúddja )
