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noun
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This is the rhetorical device the real-talk brigade uses to self-authenticate its own arguments, to tear down the straw people they establish as the targets of their ire.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025
He simply defined it as a rhetorical device involving a double meaning.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024
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- literary device
- oratorical flourish
- persuasive technique
- argumentative tool
- linguistic strategy
Possible Antonyms
- plain speech
- matter-of-fact prose
- straightforward expression
- literalism
- unadorned language
