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rhetorical

adj
/ɹɪˈtɒɹ.ɪ.kəl/UK/ɹɪˈtɔɹɪkəl/US

Etymology

From Middle English rethorycal, rethoricalle, rethorycall, from rethorik, rhetoric (noun) or Latin rēthoricus, rhētoricus, from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós, “concerning public speaking”). By surface analysis, rhetoric + -al.

  1. derived from ῥητορικός
  2. derived from rēthoricus
  3. inherited from rethorycal

Definitions

  1. Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade.

    • A rhetorical question is one used merely to make a point, with no response expected.

  2. Not earnest, or presented only for the purpose of an argument.

  3. A study or exercise in rhetoric.

The neighborhood

Derived

antirhetorical, musicorhetorical, nonrhetorical, retardical, rhetorical device, rhetorical induction, rhetoricality, rhetorically, rhetorical mode, rhetoricalness, rhetorical question, unrhetorical

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at rhetorical. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at rhetorical. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at rhetorical

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA