rhetic

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adjective

Of or pertaining to a rheme.

“This act we may call a rhetic act, and the utterance which it is the act of uttering a rheme. - "How To Do Things With Words" (1962) by J.L. Austin (OUP paperback edition, 93)”

OriginAncient Greek ῥῆμα ← Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- →
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Meanings

adjectiverhetic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehuman sciencesOf or pertaining to a rheme.

    This act we may call a rhetic act, and the utterance which it is the act of uttering a rheme. - "How To Do Things With Words" (1962) by J.L. Austin (OUP paperback edition, 93)

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*werh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekῥῆμα“rheme”
  3. Englishrhetic

Via Ancient Greek ῥῆμα (rhêma, “rheme”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁-.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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