epideictic oratory

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   a type of oratory used to eulogize or condemn a person or group of people

   “Pericles' funeral oration for Athenians killed in the Peloponnesian War is a famous example of epideictic oratory”

   Broaderoratory

Questions about epideictic oratory

What does epideictic oratory mean?

epideictic oratory means "a type of oratory used to eulogize or condemn a person or group of people".

Is epideictic oratory a common word?

epideictic oratory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.