epideictic
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἐπιδεικτικός (epideiktikós), from ἐπιδείκνυμι (epideíknumi, “to display, exhibit”), from ἐπι- (epi-) + δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to show”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɛpɪˈdaɪktɪk/
Adjective edit
epideictic (comparative more epideictic, superlative most epideictic)
- 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.