Word

rhetoric, n.
(rhetorics)

study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
<noun.cognition>

rhetoric

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

member of this domain (topic)

hypernym

loud and confused and empty talk
<noun.communication>

empty talk empty words hot air palaver rhetoric

"mere rhetoric"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
<noun.communication>

grandiloquence grandiosity magniloquence ornateness rhetoric

"the grandiosity of his prose"
"an excessive ornateness of language"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hyponym

hypernym

using language effectively to please or persuade
<noun.communication>

rhetoric

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

part meronym