rhetoric Ønoun 1 he was considered to excel in this form of | Vocabulary
rhetoric
Ønoun
1 he was considered to excel in this form of rhetoric
ORATORY, eloquence, power of speech, command of language, expression, way with words, delivery, diction.
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2 there is a good deal of rhetoric in this field
BOMBAST, loftiness, turgidity, grandiloquence, magniloquence, ornateness, portentousness, pomposity, pedantry, stiltedness, boastfulness, boasting, bragging, heroics, hyperbole, extravagant language, purple prose, pompousness, sonorousness, windiness, wordiness, verbosity, prolixity; informal hot air; rare tumidity, fustian, euphuism, orotundity.