the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
/using language effectively to please or persuade
high flown style
SYN - grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness
loud and confused and empty talk
SYN - empty, talk , empty words, hot air palaver
"mere rhetoric"
study of the technique and rules for using language effectively especially in public speaking
"All he had heard so far was a bunch of rhetoric, he wanted to know something solid, a real plan that they could quote."
"He was able to dazzle the crowd with his rhetoric, improving his image well not sacrificing his ideas."
"She was a master of rhetoric and as such was able to easily convince anyone to do anything for her."
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