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magniloquence

noun

mag-ˈni-lə-kwən(t)s

Definition of magniloquence

as in rhetoric

boastful speech or writing he's prone to fits of maudlin magniloquence when he's drunk

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Recent Examples of magniloquence Hammy magniloquence risks alienating viewers, not just for an evening but for life, as does obscurity. — The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018

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Noun

Now, the rhetoric has expanded beyond the candidates themselves, pulling Scholten — who is not running for governor — into the political crossfire.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 21 July 2026
In other words, Lander did not feel the need to appease the Zionist mob by softening his rhetoric.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

Definition of rhetoric

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Much of that singularity was centered in McCarthy’s prose, which ricocheted—sometimes gracefully, sometimes jarringly—between gruff matter-of-factness and soaring, biblical grandiloquence.

— Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 13 June 2023
Several of them can fly, and all have at least a touch of grandiloquence to them.

— Michael Nordine, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022

Definition of grandiloquence

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The screen is big, the image is sharp and bright, but Nolan’s visual compositions are dull—just pictures of actors acting, without style or poetry—and his fetish for size is just bombast and vanity.

— Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
An album inspired by American Gangster, Ridley Scott’s biopic of legendary Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, gave Jay-Z a chance to step away from the superstar bombast of Kingdom Come and go back to Reasonable Doubt-style dope game tales.

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 14 July 2026

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