English dictionary

rhetorical

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

of or relating to rhetoric

adj.pert

Examples
Accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested.

The rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation.

Source: WordNet 3.0
given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought

adj.all

Examples
Mere rhetorical frippery.

Antonyms unrhetorical

Source: WordNet 3.0
Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish.

adjective

Source: webster1913