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UK
/ɹɛtˈɒɹɪkəl/
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[ US /ɹɪˈtɔɹɪkəɫ/ ]
[ US /ɹɪˈtɔɹɪkəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought
mere rhetorical frippery -
of or relating to rhetoric
accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested
the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation
How To Use rhetorical In A Sentence
- They contain a good deal of material of a rhetorical, formulaic, or supernatural character designed to bolster the Chosen One's claims to prophethood in the face of sceptical or prejudiced critics.
- Generally speaking, I tend not to get too bent out of shape by occasional rhetorical howlers.
- I wasn't sure if this was a rhetorical question or not.
- Hamlet as a play is similarly preoccupied by slander, misrepresentation and selves fabricated from the nothings of rhetorical tropes.
- This isn't a rhetorical question but one that, again, would help show whether they're applying this rule fairly or arbitrarily.
- Sironi's peer in sculpture was Arturo Martini, who also used archaic forms to enliven the classical tradition in search of a non-rhetorical Fascist style.
- The prose is strewn with biblical and poetic tags and pang full of rhetorical devices.
- Thus far, the data show a recurring rhetorical pattern in which vulnerable groups were identified as antithetical to the core values attributed by the host to himself, his audience, and the nation. Kety Esquivel: UCLA Study, Hate Speech on Commercial Talk Radio, Affirms NCLR's We Can Stop the Hate Campaign
- He frequently used such commonplace devices as rhetorical questions and other characteristic elements of diatribes.
- Manichaean symbols and apocalyptic scenarios are bandied about with future consequences and rhetorical restraint thrown to the winds.
