レトリック

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English rhetoric.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

レトリック (retorikku) 

  1. Synonym of 修辞学 (shūjigaku, rhetoric)
  2. Synonym of 修辞 (shūji, rhetoric (art of using language))
  3. clever expression like sophistry

References

  1. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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