rhetorical

1. not comparablePart of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade.
2. not comparableNot earnest, or presented only for the purpose of an argument.

   1 more example

   Unfortunately, she has used the attack as a launch pad for a bizarre and undercooked exercise in rhetorical bothsidesism, in which she argues that American Jews should be just as worried about college students who overzealously criticize Israel as they are about the aspiring Einsatzgruppen who shoot up shuls.

   2019 September 6, Jordan Weissman, “How Not to Fight Anti-Semitism”, in Slate

3. not comparableAsked for dramatic or persuasive effect, rather than to get an answer.

   '"Are you an idiot? Actually, don't answer that, it was rhetorical."

plural rhetoricals

1. datededucationA study or exercise in rhetoric.