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rhetorication

rhetorication noun: an instance of rhetoric, or excessive use of rhetoric.

Noun

rhetorication (countable and uncountable, plural rhetorications)

  1. (obsolete) An instance of rhetoric, or excessive use of rhetoric
    • It can scarcely be conceived, that any sensible men should seriously advance such odd fancies, or that they mean any thing more by them than rhetorication and flourish.1734, Daniel Waterland, The Importance of the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity Asserted

Forms of rhetorication

pluralrhetorications

Origin of rhetorication

Compare French rhétorication.

Questions about rhetorication

What does rhetorication mean?
Rhetorication means an instance of rhetoric, or excessive use of rhetoric.
What part of speech is rhetorication?
Rhetorication is a noun.
What is the plural of rhetorication?
The plural of rhetorication is rhetorications.

Words near rhetorication in the dictionary

  1. rhetoricals
  2. rhetoricate
  3. rhetoricated
  4. rhetoricates
  5. rhetoricating
  6. rhetorication
  7. rhetorications
  8. rhetorician
  9. rhetoricians
  10. rhetoricities
  11. rhetoricity

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