rhetorical Definition

rhetoric
noun

1. The art of speaking and writing well, elegantly and effectively, especially in order to persuade or influence others.

Thesaurus: oratory, composition.
2. The theory and practice of using language effectively.
3. derog
Language which is full of unnecessarily long, formal or literary words and phrases, and which is also often insincere or meaningless.
Example: mere rhetoric
Thesaurus: bombast, verbosity, wordiness, pomposity, grandiloquence, rant, fustian.

Derivative: rhetorical

Relating to or using rhetoric.
Thesaurus: expressive, fluent, articulate, eloquent, articulate.

Over-elaborate or insincere in style.
Thesaurus: pretentious, pompous, inflated, exaggerated, overdone, artificial; Antonym: simple, understated.

Derivative: rhetorically
adverb

Derivative: rhetorician

historical
A teacher of the art of rhetoric.

An orator.

derog
Someone who uses rhetorical over-elaborate language.

Etymology: 14c: from Greek rhetorike techne rhetorical art.