rhetoric

art of persuasion, one of the three ancient arts of discourse
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rhetoric
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rhetoric

Summary

rhetoric is a field of study[1]. rhetoric ranks in the top 3% of field_of_study entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,525 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • rhetoric's instance of is recorded as field of study[3].
  • rhetoric's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[4].
  • rhetoric's instance of is recorded as academic major[5].
  • rhetoric is a type of method[6].
  • rhetoric is part of communication[7].
  • rhetoric's Commons category is recorded as Rhetoric[8].
  • rhetoric's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rhetoric[9].
  • rhetoric's described by source is recorded as Concise Literary Encyclopedia[10].
  • rhetoric's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • rhetoric's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • rhetoric's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13].
  • rhetoric's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[14].
  • rhetoric's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[15].
  • rhetoric's topic has template is recorded as Template:Rhetoric[16].
  • rhetoric's different from is recorded as Q1469112[17].
  • rhetoric's uses is recorded as rhetorical device[18].
  • rhetoric's is the study of is recorded as communication studies[19].
  • rhetoric's studied by is recorded as interaction science[20].
  • rhetoric's studied by is recorded as communication studies[21].
  • rhetoric's practiced by is recorded as rhetorician[22].
  • rhetoric's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include field of study[3], academic discipline[4], and academic major[5]. rhetoric is a type of method[6].

Use and Application

rhetoric is part of communication[7].

Why It Matters

rhetoric ranks in the top 3% of field_of_study entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,525 views/month).[2] rhetoric has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] rhetoric is known by 95 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  13. [15] . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by interaction science, communication studies
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of method
    Instance of field of study, academic discipline, academic major
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 563, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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