Vocabulary
Rhetoric
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
Urdu meaning
فن خطابت، بیان بازی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The situation is aggravated by the rise of authoritarian practices and populist rhetoric that openly targets the press.
- Suffice to say, impassioned speeches and flourishes of rhetoric will not end the Gaza genocide.
- Beyond Iran, these utopian notions are sustained mainly by radicals, both violent and non-violent, within Muslim societies, as well as by ideologues who occasionally compel rulers to adopt such rhetoric, as has of ten happened in Pakistan.
- Some dismiss it, fairly so, as another hollow pledge of economic revival rhetoric not far removed from the mineral wealth fairy tales we were sold not too long ago.
- The joint statement is strong on rhetoric but weak on concrete action.
Synonyms
oratory, eloquence, power of speech, command of language, expression
Antonyms
inarticulacy, conciseness
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