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rhetoric
noun
rhet·o·ric ˈre-tə-rik 
1
: the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as
a
: the study of principles and rules of composition formulated by critics of ancient times
b
: the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion
2
a
: skill in the effective use of speech
b
: a type or mode of language or speech
also : insincere or grandiloquent language
Example Sentences
The media almost never discuss what the sweeping dismantling of public services inherent in the rhetoric of the antigovernment movement would mean in practice. 
E. J. Dionne, Jr., Commonweal, 20 Nov. 2009 What they are in reality are the romantic words of a man who needs glorious rhetoric to cover up murderous reality. Pete Hamill, Cosmopolitan, April 1976 No speech could have been more thoroughly honest in its intention: the frigid rhetoric at the end was as sincere as the bark of a dog, or the cawing of an amorous rook. George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1872 Otherwise he might have been a great general, blowing up all sorts of towns, or he might have been a great politician, dealing in all sorts of parliamentary rhetoric; but as it was, he and the Court of Chancery had fallen upon each other in the pleasantest way, and nobody was much the worse … Charles Dickens, Bleak House, 1852-53 a college course in rhetoric the mayor's promise to fight drugs was just rhetoric, since there was no money in the city budget for a drug program See More
E. J. Dionne, Jr., Commonweal, 20 Nov. 2009 What they are in reality are the romantic words of a man who needs glorious rhetoric to cover up murderous reality. Pete Hamill, Cosmopolitan, April 1976 No speech could have been more thoroughly honest in its intention: the frigid rhetoric at the end was as sincere as the bark of a dog, or the cawing of an amorous rook. George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1872 Otherwise he might have been a great general, blowing up all sorts of towns, or he might have been a great politician, dealing in all sorts of parliamentary rhetoric; but as it was, he and the Court of Chancery had fallen upon each other in the pleasantest way, and nobody was much the worse … Charles Dickens, Bleak House, 1852-53 a college course in rhetoric the mayor's promise to fight drugs was just rhetoric, since there was no money in the city budget for a drug program See More Recent Examples on the Web Hsu is an intellectual slacker who studies rhetoric and political science, but is outwardly bored by most everything, a creator of Zines and a cultivator of misfit friends. Chloe Schama, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2022 On the campaign trail, the left’s proposals – including a minimum salary, limiting short-term jobs, and moving toward renewable energy sources – are often drowned out by right-wing rhetoric and tactics. Colleen Barry, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2022 The official said that Biden would acknowledge the importance of political disagreements in a country as diverse as the U.S., but aim to draw a line at rhetoric and actions that call into question the health of the country’s democracy. Zeke Miller, Chris Megerian, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Sep. 2022 The official said that Biden would acknowledge the importance of political disagreements in a country as diverse as the U.S., but aim to draw a line at rhetoric and actions that call into question the health of the country’s democracy. Zeke Miller And Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 But in March 2020, the Wing’s employees came forward, describing a drastic disconnect between the pro-women rhetoric that was touted publicly and the treatment of employees behind the scenes. Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2022 All of that scans quite neatly onto the rhetoric and atmospherics of modern-day Republicanism, as Katz himself lays out in his essay. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 Al-Sadr’s nationalist rhetoric and reform agenda resonate powerfully with his supporters, who largely hail from Iraq’s poorest sectors of society and were historically shut out of the political system under Saddam. Samya Kullab, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022 Al-Sadr’a nationalist rhetoric and reform agenda resonates powerfully with his supporters, who largely hail from Iraq’s poorest sectors of society and were historically been shut out from the political system under Saddam. Fox News, 30 Aug. 2022 See More
Chloe Schama, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2022 On the campaign trail, the left’s proposals – including a minimum salary, limiting short-term jobs, and moving toward renewable energy sources – are often drowned out by right-wing rhetoric and tactics. Colleen Barry, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2022 The official said that Biden would acknowledge the importance of political disagreements in a country as diverse as the U.S., but aim to draw a line at rhetoric and actions that call into question the health of the country’s democracy. Zeke Miller, Chris Megerian, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Sep. 2022 The official said that Biden would acknowledge the importance of political disagreements in a country as diverse as the U.S., but aim to draw a line at rhetoric and actions that call into question the health of the country’s democracy. Zeke Miller And Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 But in March 2020, the Wing’s employees came forward, describing a drastic disconnect between the pro-women rhetoric that was touted publicly and the treatment of employees behind the scenes. Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2022 All of that scans quite neatly onto the rhetoric and atmospherics of modern-day Republicanism, as Katz himself lays out in his essay. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 Al-Sadr’s nationalist rhetoric and reform agenda resonate powerfully with his supporters, who largely hail from Iraq’s poorest sectors of society and were historically shut out of the political system under Saddam. Samya Kullab, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022 Al-Sadr’a nationalist rhetoric and reform agenda resonates powerfully with his supporters, who largely hail from Iraq’s poorest sectors of society and were historically been shut out from the political system under Saddam. Fox News, 30 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English rethorik, from Anglo-French rethorique, from Latin rhetorica, from Greek rhētorikē, literally, art of oratory, from feminine of rhētorikos of an orator, from rhētōr orator, rhetorician, from eirein to say, speak — more at word
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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