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epideictic

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epideictic [ˌɛpɪˈdaɪktɪk]
adj
(Literature / Rhetoric) designed to display something, esp the skill of the speaker in rhetoric Also epidictic [ˌɛpɪˈdɪktɪk]
[from Greek epideiktikos, from epideiknunai to display, show off, from deiknunai to show]
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Adj.1.epideictic - designed primarily for rhetorical display; "epideictic orations"
epideictical
demonstrative - given to or marked by the open expression of emotion; "an affectionate and demonstrative family"
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He began the speech with the normal pleasantries that accompany this epideictic occasion and discussed the duties that awaited the military graduates.
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In the biography of Nicholas V, in turn, Manetti's epideictic style is predictably orotund, but his enthusiasm gradually shines through the monumental fabric as he describes the pope's translations and building commissions.
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