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rhetoric

Nouns

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

Synonyms

grandiloquence grandiosity magniloquence ornateness empty talk empty words hot air palaver

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