epideictic
/,epi'daiktik/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Designed primarily for rhetorical display: Pertaining to oratory or writing that is intended primarily for ceremonial display, praise, or blame, rather than for practical persuasion or argumentation. It often describes speeches or works that showcase the speaker's skill and are delivered on ceremonial occasions.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The president delivered an epideictic address at the memorial, focusing on honoring the fallen heroes.
- Much of classical rhetoric is divided into forensic, deliberative, and epideictic genres.
Advanced Usage
- Epideictic rhetoric: A branch of oratory concerned with praise or blame, typically delivered at public ceremonies (e.g., funerals, festivals, inaugurations).
- Aristotle categorized epideictic rhetoric as speech suitable for the present, dealing with honor and dishonor.
Variants and Related Words
- Epideictically (adverb): In an epideictic manner.
- The poet spoke epideictically about the virtues of the city.
Synonyms
- Demonstrative: Serving to demonstrate or show.
- Panegyrical: Of the nature of a eulogy; formally praising.
- Ceremonial: Relating to or used for formal events of a public or religious nature.
Antonyms
- Deliberative: Having the function of deliberating, as a legislative assembly.
- Forensic: Belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of law or public debate and argument.
Related Phrases and Concepts
- Epideictic oratory: The art of public speaking for ceremonial praise or blame.
- The graduation speech was a fine example of epideictic oratory.
- Epideictic genre: A category of discourse, alongside the deliberative and forensic genres, focused on the present and matters of virtue and vice.
Adjective
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designed primarily for rhetorical display
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epideictic orations
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