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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

The conservative justice discussed lawmakers’ efforts to expand the Supreme Court, as well as the violent public rhetoric about the court and its members.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
Whoever the next commissioner is needs to crack down on the divisive rhetoric.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 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

Noun

All the bombast and charisma of the music and the persona were made to feel depressingly small.

— Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
The problem with the abstract expressionists’ relentless courting of the sublime was that the process of distillation produced too much bombast.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026

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