noun [U]
1 (formal, often disapproving) speech or writing that is intended to influence people, but that is not completely honest or sincere:
the rhetoric of political slogans * empty rhetoric * His speech was dismissed as mere rhetoric by the opposition.
2 (formal) the skill of using language in speech or writing in a special way that influences or entertains people
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for rhetoric is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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