Antonyms for rhetoric

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ret-er-ik

Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛt ər ɪk

Definition of rhetoric

Origin : early 14c., from Old French rethorique, from Latin rhetorice, from Greek rhetorike techne "art of an orator," from rhetor (genitive rhetoros) "speaker, orator, teacher of rhetoric," related to rhesis "speech," rhema "word, phrase, verb," literally "that which is spoken," from PIE *wre-tor-, from root *were- "to speak" (cf. Old English word, Latin verbum, Greek eirein "to say;" see verb).

noun wordiness; long speech

Example sentences :

But the art, as far as there is an art, of rhetoric does not lie in the direction of Lysias or Thrasymachus.
Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato

We see therefore that even in rhetoric an element of truth is required.
Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato

This is not an easy task, and this, if there be such an art, is the art of rhetoric.
Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato

But the art is not that which is taught in the schools of rhetoric; it is nearer akin to philosophy.
Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato

But I still want to know where and how the true art of rhetoric and persuasion is to be acquired.
Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato

But I will proceed to the other speech, which, as I think, is also suggestive to students of rhetoric.
Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato

And I am going to ask—what is this power of persuasion which is given by rhetoric, and about what?
Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato

To what class of things do the words which rhetoric uses relate?
Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato

Or will you be unable to teach him rhetoric at all, unless he knows the truth of these things first?
Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato

Rhetoric, according to my view, is the ghost or counterfeit of a part of politics.
Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato

Synonyms for rhetoric

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