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rhetoric

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

rhetoric is a field of study[1]. rhetoric ranks in the top 3% of field of study entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,950 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: academic discipline[3], academic major[4]
  • Subclass of: method[5]
  • Part of: communication[6]
  • Commons category: Rhetoric[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rhetoric[8]
  • Described by source: Concise Literary Encyclopedia[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[13], Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[14]
  • Topic has template: Template:Rhetoric[15]
  • Different from: Rhetorik der Antike[16]
  • Uses: rhetorical device[17]
  • Is the study of: communication studies[18]
  • Studied by: interaction science[19], communication studies[20]
  • Practiced by: rhetorician[21]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22]

Why It Matters

rhetoric has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] rhetoric is known by 116 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

Apuleius Basilios Bessarion Branislav Nušić Cicero communication studies David S. Kidder Dean Ritz Dio Chrysostom Fran Lebowitz homiletics John R. Gallagher Marcus Cornelius Fronto Quintus Aurelius Symmachus S. Scott Graham

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  12. [14] ↑ . 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. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q296504
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  2. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → rhetoric
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: rhetoric, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289963421|rhetoric (#289963421)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001895-retorika
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0001895-retorika, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Concise Literary Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007536455305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  5. 20w 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 */ Yso id: 563, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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