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rhetoric
n 1: using language effectively to please or persuade
2: high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the
grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of
language" [syn: {grandiosity}, {magniloquence}, {ornateness},
{grandiloquence}, {rhetoric}]
3: loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric" [syn:
{palaver}, {hot air}, {empty words}, {empty talk},
{rhetoric}]
4: study of the technique and rules for using language
effectively (especially in public speaking)

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