Associations to the word «Epideictic»

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

A kind word warms a man throughout three winters.
Turkish Proverb