rhetorical

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adjective

1. 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
• Pertains to noun:
rhetoric
• Derivationally related forms:
rhetoric
2. given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought
- mere rhetorical frippery
• Ant:
unrhetorical
• Similar to:
bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid,
turgid, flowery, ornate, empurpled, over-embellished, purple,
forensic, grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall, oratorical, poetic,
poetical, stylistic
• See Also:
fancy, figurative, nonliteral
• Derivationally related forms:
rhetoric