epideictic

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UK/ˌɛpɪˈdaɪktɪk/

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" (eidē), of rhetoric as outlined by Aristotle.

Similar
epideicticaldemonstrative
OriginAncient Greek ἐπιδεικτικός →
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Meanings

adjectiveepideictic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf 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" (eidē), of rhetoric as outlined by Aristotle.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivedesigned primarily for rhetorical display

Similar
epideicticaldemonstrative
Also see
demonstrative

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἐπιδεικτικός
  2. Englishepideictic

From Ancient Greek ἐπιδεικτικός (epideiktikós), from ἐπιδείκνυμι (epideíknumi, “to display, exhibit”), from ἐπι- (epi-) + δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to show”).

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APA

epideictic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epideictic

MLA

“epideictic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epideictic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epideictic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epideictic.

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