rhetoric
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
using language effectively to please or persuade
Types & categories
- expressive style hypernym
Parts & wholes
- rhetorical device part meronym
Related & opposite
- orator derivation
Sense 2 noun
high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
the grandiosity of his prose
Types & categories
- expressive style hypernym
- flourish hyponym
- fustian hyponym
Related & opposite
- hifalutin derivation
- ornate derivation
- grandiloquent derivation
Sense 3 noun
loud and confused and empty talk
mere rhetoric
Types & categories
- nonsense hypernym
Related & opposite
- piffle derivation
Sense 4 noun
study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
Types & categories
- literary study hypernym
Related & opposite
- orator derivation
- rhetorical derivation
- rhetorical derivation
- exordium has domain topic
- narration has domain topic
- peroration has domain topic
- rhetorical device has domain topic
- epanodos has domain topic
- epanodos has domain topic
- ploce has domain topic
- allocution has domain topic
- tropical has domain topic
- anacoluthic has domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | orator |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | rhetorical device |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | expressive style |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hifalutin |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ornate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | grandiloquent |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | expressive style |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flourish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fustian |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | piffle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | nonsense |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | orator |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rhetorical |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rhetorical |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | exordium |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | narration |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | peroration |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | rhetorical device |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | epanodos |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | epanodos |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | ploce |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | allocution |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | tropical |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | anacoluthic |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | literary study |