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Epideictic

Definition & Meaning

Pronunciation /ˌɛpɪˈdaɪktɪk/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Epideictic is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to rhetoric of ceremony, declamation, and demonstration, most often the rhetoric of funerals and other formal events. One of the three branches, or "species" (eidē), of rhetoric as outlined by Aristotle.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to rhetoric of ceremony, declamation, and demonstration, most often the rhetoric of funerals and other formal events. One of the three branches, or "species" (eidē), of rhetoric as outlined by Aristotle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include elocutionary, epiplectic, epistylar, epicletic, eidological, oratorical.

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