Associations to the word «Epideictic»
Noun
- Rhetoric
- Oration
- Oratory
- Aristotle
- Orator
- Genre
- Persuasion
- Praise
- Discourse
- Ce
- Speech
- Plato
- Treatise
- Funeral
- Ritual
- Audience
- Virtue
- Display
- Topic
- Occasion
- Address
- Argument
- Arrangement
- Judgment
- Element
- Past
- Category
- Value
- Style
- Example
- Or
- Chapter
- Concern
- Present
- Kind
- Form
- Situation
- Type
- Culture
- Text
- Writing
- Character
- See
- Page
- Festival
- Sense
- Practice
- Century
- Action
- Fact
- Power
- Term
Adjective
Adverb
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Wiktionary
EPIDEICTIC, adjective. 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.
Dictionary definition
EPIDEICTIC, adjective. Designed primarily for rhetorical display; "epideictic orations".
Wise words
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite
surprised to be taken at his word.