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"'''rhetoric'''" = "the art of use of language for persuasion" | |||
* from Greek ''rhētorikētekhnē'' for "art of an orator," | |||
** ''rhētōr'' = "speaker, orator" or "orator in public." | |||
** ''rhesis'' = "speech" | |||
** ''rhema'' = "word, phrase" or | |||
*** from [[PIE proto-Indo-European language|PIE]] '''*wre-tor-''' for " "that which is spoken" (from root '''*were'''- "to speak") | |||
=== ad hominem === | === ad hominem === | ||