Rhetoricとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English rethorik, from Latin rēthoricus, rhētoricus, from Ancient Greek ῥητορῐκός (rhētorikós).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈtɒɹɪk/

形容詞

rhetoric

1. Synonym of rhetorical.

語源 2

From Middle English rethorik, rhetoric, from Old French rhetorique, from Latin rhētorica, from Ancient Greek ῥητορική (rhētorikḗ), ellipsis of ῥητορικὴ τέχνη (rhētorikḕ tékhnē), from ῥητορικός (rhētorikós, “concerning public speech”), from ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr, “public speaker”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛtəɹɪk/

名詞

rhetoric (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 rhetorics)

1. The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.
   • 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53:

     Transport Minister Marples, meanwhile, used arrogant rhetoric and showed his personal contempt for railways when confirming in Parliament that a third of the network was to be closed even before the survey results were known.

2. Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress.

   It’s only so much rhetoric.

使用する際の注意点

• Adjectives often applied to "rhetoric":
  • (by kind または area of application) political, legal, visual, classical, ancient
  • (by quality) violent, empty, inflammatory, hateful, heated, fiery, vitriolic, angry, overheated, extreme

同意語

• wordcraft

派生語

• rhetorical
• rhetorician

関連する語

参考

• preterition
• Appendix:Glossary of rhetoric

アナグラム

• torchier