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rhetorical |
Grep of noun rhetorical rhetorical device rhetorical question Overview of adj rhetorical The adj rhetorical has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. rhetorical -- (of or relating to rhetoric; "accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White; "the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis Mumford) 2. rhetorical -- (concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking; "a rhetorical question is one asked solely to produce an effect (especially to make an assertion) rather than to elicit a reply") Antonyms of adj rhetorical 1 of 2 senses of rhetorical Sense 2 rhetorical (vs. unrhetorical) unrhetorical (vs. rhetorical) => literal, plain, unembellished => matter-of-fact, prosaic => literal, plain, unembellished => plainspoken => matter-of-fact, prosaic Similarity of adj rhetorical 2 senses of rhetorical Sense 1 rhetorical Pertains to noun rhetoric (Sense 1) =>rhetoric => expressive style, style Sense 2 rhetorical (vs. unrhetorical) => anapestic, anapaestic => bombastic, declamatory, large orotund, tumid, turgid => flowery, ornate => forensic => grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall => oratorical => stylistic => embellished, empurpled, over-embellished, purple => poetic, poetical Also See-> fancy#1; figurative#1, nonliteral#1; formal#3 Attributes of adj rhetorical Familiarity of adj rhetorical rhetorical used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj rhetorical rhetorical unrhetorical Overview of adj rhetorical The adj rhetorical has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. rhetorical -- (of or relating to rhetoric; "accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White; "the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis Mumford) 2. rhetorical -- (concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking; "a rhetorical question is one asked solely to produce an effect (especially to make an assertion) rather than to elicit a reply")
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