rhetorical trope
noun
A figure of speech or figurative use of language employed for rhetorical effect.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Philemon Holland (1552–1637), translator.
- pacificating
- pacification
- pacificator
- pacificatory
- pacific blockade
- Pacific coaster
- Pacific Crest Trail
- Pacific diver
- Pacific dogwood
- Pacific Islander
- Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the
- pacificism
- pacificist
- pacificity
- Pacific loon
- pacifico
- Pacific Ocean
- Pacific oyster
- Pacific ridley
- Pacific Rim
- Pacific sardine
- Pacific Security Treaty
- Pacific slope
- Pacific time
- Pacificward