ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Rhetic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Rhetic is an adjective meaning (linguistics) Of or pertaining to a rheme.

Meaning

(linguistics) Of or pertaining to a rheme.

Example Sentences

This act we may call a rhetic act, and the utterance which it is the act of uttering a rheme. - "How To Do Things With Words" (1962) by J.L. Austin (OUP paperback edition, 93)

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rhematic, rhymic, rhymical, rheumatic, rhetological, rhapsodic.

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