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