- empty rhetoric
- meaningless words, empty words
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
empty rhetoric
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rhetoric — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ empty, mere ▪ Her speech was just empty rhetoric. ▪ fiery, inflammatory, powerful, radical ▪ … Collocations dictionary
rhetoric — rhet|o|ric [ retərık ] noun uncount * a style of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people: angry nationalist rhetoric anti American rhetoric the rhetoric of freedom/reform/law and order a. a style of speaking or writing that is… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rhetoric */ — UK [ˈretərɪk] / US noun [uncountable] a style of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people angry nationalist rhetoric anti American rhetoric the rhetoric of freedom/reform/law and order a) a style of speaking or writing that is… … English dictionary
rhetoric — noun 1) a form of rhetoric Syn: oratory, eloquence, command of language, way with words 2) empty rhetoric Syn: bombast, turgidity, grandiloquence, magniloquence, pomposity, extravagant language, purple prose; … Thesaurus of popular words
rhetoric — noun 1) a form of rhetoric Syn: oratory, eloquence, command of language, way with words 2) empty rhetoric Syn: wordiness, verbosity, grandiloquence, bombast, pomposity, extravagant language … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
rhetoric — [ret′ər ik] n. [ME rethorike < OFr or L: OFr rethorique < L rhetorica < Gr rhētorikē (technē), rhetorical (art) < rhētōr, orator: see RHETOR] 1. a) the art of using words effectively in speaking or writing; esp., now, the art of prose … English World dictionary
Rhetoric — This article is about the art of rhetoric in general. For the work by Aristotle, see Rhetoric (Aristotle). Painting depicting a lecture in a knight academy, painted by Pieter Isaacsz or Reinhold Timm for Rosenborg Castle as part of a series of… … Wikipedia
Empty set — ∅ redirects here. For similar looking symbols, see Ø (disambiguation). The empty set is the set containing no elements. In mathematics, and more specifically set theory, the empty set is the unique set having no elements; its size or cardinality… … Wikipedia
empty — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb 1 make sth empty ADVERB ▪ completely ▪ The cupboards had all been completely emptied. ▪ out ▪ We emptied out the tank. PREPOSITION … Collocations dictionary
empty talk — noun loud and confused and empty talk mere rhetoric • Syn: ↑palaver, ↑hot air, ↑empty words, ↑rhetoric • Derivationally related forms: ↑palaver (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
