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Noun rhetoric has 4 senses

rhetoric - using language effectively to please or persuade
--₁ is a kind of expressive style, style
--₁ has part: rhetorical device
grandiosity, magniloquence, grandiloquence, rhetoric - high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
--₂ is a kind of expressive style, style
--₂ has particulars:
flourish; bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah
palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk, rhetoric - loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric"
--₃ is a kind of nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
rhetoric - study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
--₄ is a kind of literary study