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(noun) study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) |
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Related Words: literary study |
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| 2. |
(noun) using language effectively to please or persuade |
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Related Words: expressive style, style |
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(noun) high_flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation |
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Synonyms: grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence |
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Related Words: blah, bombast, claptrap, expressive style, flourish, fustian, rant, style |
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(noun) loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric" |
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Synonyms: empty talk, empty words, hot air, palaver |
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Related Words: meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality |
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