Noun rhetoric has 4 senses
  1. rhetoric - using language effectively to please or persuade
    --1 is a kind of
    expressive style, style
    --1 has part: rhetorical device
  2. grandiosity, magniloquence, grandiloquence, rhetoric - high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
    --2 is a kind of expressive style, style
    --2 has particulars:
     flourish; bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah
  3. palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk, rhetoric - loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric"
    --3 is a kind of nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
  4. rhetoric - study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
    --4 is a kind of
    literary study
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