RHETORICAL QUESTION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered

Example:

he liked to make his points with rhetorical questions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("rhetorical question" is a kind of...):

statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)

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