Associations to the word «Epideictic»

Wiktionary

EPIDEICTIC, 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.

Dictionary definition

EPIDEICTIC, adjective. Designed primarily for rhetorical display; "epideictic orations".

Wise words

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe