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DIRECTORY OF RHETORICAL DEVICES
GLOSSARIES OF RHETORIC
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PUNCTUATING a Pugnacious Point
APODICTIC - an issue clearly established or beyond dispute.
ARGUFY - argue or quarrel about trivial matters.
ARGY-BARGY - a vigorous and heated discussion or dispute.
CAVIL - to raise irritating and trivial objections.
DIALLAGE - device in which many arguments brought upon one point
DIALLELUS - circular argument
DIASYRM - condemning through faint praise
DICACITY - raillery; banter
DICAEOLOGY - defending oneself in argument by claiming justification
DIASYRM - condemning through faint praise
DICACITY - raillery; banter
DICAEOLOGY - defending oneself in argument by claiming justification
DIDACT - a person given to lecturing or moralizing
DISCEPT - to dispute; to debate
DISQUISITION - carefully argued examination of a topic
DISSENTIENT - one who dissents; dissenter
DONNYBROOK - a wild brawl, contentious dispute or a free for all.
DOXASTIC - of, like or pertaining to opinion
EXCORIATE - to verbally denounce or berate someone severely.
FOOFARAW - a great fuss or disturbance about something insignificant.
GAINSAY - to deny, dispute or contradict.
ICONOCLASTIC - attacking beliefs or cherished traditions based on error, bias, superstition or lack of creativity.
INTRANSIGENT - refusing to compromise, inflexible or rigid in opinion.
LOGORRHEA - excessive flow of words; uncontrollable garrulity
OBJURGATE - to reproach or renounce vehemently.
OBSTREPEROUS- noisy and difficult to control - like a crowd or a conference room full of energized employees.
PLACATE - to make someone less angry or hostile.
PUGNACIOUS - inclined to fight or quarrel readily; belligerent attitude.
RABBLE-ROUSER - a person who stirs up the passions or prejudices of the public for their own self interests.
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM - a Latin term that means “to reduce something to absurdity.” It is a figure of speech that is defined as a manner of arguing something for one’s own position by showing the absurdity of the position of his opponent.
TAARRADHIN - a compromise in which everyone wins.
