English-Spanish translations for rhetorical

• retórico
  Todo esto no puede quedarse en un ejercicio retórico. None of this can be just a rhetorical exercise.
  Esto no debe quedar en un compromiso meramente retórico. This should not be allowed to become just a rhetorical commitment.
  Antes que nadie nosotros, aquí en el Parlamento, deberíamos mostrarnos activos y cumplir nuestros propios compromisos retóricos. Above all, we here in Parliament should also activate and honour our rhetorical commitments.

Definition of rhetorical

• Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade
• Not earnest, or presented only for the purpose of an argument

Examples

• A rhetorical question is one used merely to make a point, with no response expected.

Related words

• rhetorically
• antirhetorical
• rhetorical question
• rhetorical figure
• rhetorical device
• rhetorical move