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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