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rhetorical question
[ri-tawr-i-kuhl kwes-chuhn, -tor-]
noun
a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion of affirmation or denial and not to elicit a reply, as “Has there ever been a more perfect day for a picnic?” or “Are you out of your mind?”
rhetorical question
noun
a question to which no answer is required: used esp for dramatic effect. An example is Who knows? (with the implication Nobody knows )
rhetorical question
A question posed without expectation of an answer but merely as a way of making a point: “You don't expect me to go along with that crazy scheme, do you?”
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of rhetorical question1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
Obviously, it was a rhetorical question as Saldaña’s triumphs have continued unabated.
Exhausted and exasperated, the quarterback had a rhetorical question for the cluster: “Can’t you let a guy sulk in peace?”
There was the virality of it all, of course: “Nasty” birthed memes to match your freak, a new rhetorical question — mantra, really — for a generation of people daring someone to meet them at their level.
It was a rhetorical question designed to impress on them his urgency and his demand that part of their job would be walking the streets with him.
It’s not a rhetorical question, but one with an answer: when that judge is someone he picked himself.
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