Definition of Epideictic

1. Adjective. Designed primarily for rhetorical display. "Epideictic orations"

Exact synonyms: Epideictical
Similar to: Demonstrative

Definition of Epideictic

1. a. Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; - - applied by the Greeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks to persuade.

Definition of Epideictic

1. 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" (eid?), of rhetoric as outlined by Aristotle. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Epideictic

epicuticles
epicuticular
epicycle
epicycles
epicyclic
epicyclic gear
epicyclic gear train
epicyclic train
epicyclical
epicycloid
epicycloidal
epicycloids
epicystitis
epicyte
epicœnes
epideictic (current term)
epideictically
epidemic
epidemic benign dry pleurisy
epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis
epidemic cholera
epidemic curve
epidemic diaphragmatic pleurisy
epidemic disease
epidemic dropsy
epidemic encephalitis
epidemic exanthema
epidemic fadeout
epidemic gangrenous proctitis
epidemic gastroenteritis virus

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