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epideictic oratory

NOUN
  1. a type of oratory used to eulogize or condemn a person or group of people
    Pericles' funeral oration for Athenians killed in the Peloponnesian War is a famous example of epideictic oratory
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How To Use epideictic oratory In A Sentence

  • The traditional approach to this difficulty is to dismiss epideictic oratory as irrelevant and gratuitous display.
  • Pericles' funeral oration for Athenians killed in the Peloponnesian War is a famous example of epideictic oratory
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