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Epideictic

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Ep`i`deic´tic
a.1.Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; - applied by the Greeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks to persuade.
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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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Epideictic rhetoric (the rhetoric of praise or blame) was formally subdivided into particular forms of praise depending on context (the encomium, panegyrics, funeral oratory).
Radical patronage in Luke-Acts by Heen, Erik M. / Currents in Theology and Mission
Correspondingly, demonstrative or epideictic rhetoric, the most apolitical of the three genres identified by classical theorists, came to displace the more functional forensic and deliberative genres as the privileged focus of rhetorical theory and practice.
Rhetoric and humanism in Quattrocento Venice by Cox, Virginia / Renaissance Quarterly
Of the three kinds of rhetoric identified by Aristotle--political, epideictic, and forensic--the latter is the one most familiar to tax professionals.
The importance of a liberal education to the tax professional by Nelson, Davis W. / Tax Executive
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