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mere rhetoric

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meanings of mereand rhetoric


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mere
adjective[before noun]
uk /mɪər/ us /mɪr/
used to emphasize that something is not large ...
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rhetoric
noun[U]
uk /ˈret.ər.ɪk/ us /ˈret̬.ɚ.ɪk/
speech or writing intended to be effective and ...
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Examples of mere rhetoric


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One or two begin with loud tuttis, but thereafter eschew mererhetoric.
At the same time it does not endorse the view that a call to a more rigid application of western values was only mererhetoric.
Consequently, it establishes an opposition between inclusion as mererhetoric and exclusion as the tough reality behind this mask.
This distinction was more than mererhetoric.
Simple-minded ethical talk about 'equality' in the health context is mererhetoric unless one gets to be specific about equality of what and of whom and for what.
All the rest is mererhetoric and populism.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We are concerned with realities and not with mererhetoric.
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This is not mererhetoric; it is an important reality.
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These questions are not mererhetoric: they must be answered.
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All the talk about the scourge of unemployment is mererhetoric to conceal their guilt.
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It is not an exaggeration or mererhetoric to say that only far-reaching reform will guarantee our fishermen and our fish stocks a future.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We cannot afford to wait, and we must move beyond mererhetoric.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
It is not mererhetoric to say that.
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All education suffers and talk of improving skills becomes mererhetoric.
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My statement was objected to by the newspapers, who said it was mererhetoric.
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It is not mererhetoric to use those terms.
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We must be unequivocal in our condemnation of these outrages and must ensure that the mobilisation of peacekeeping resources goes beyond mererhetoric.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Clearly, it will not be prevented by mererhetoric or by demagogic appeals.
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If his words were not meant as mererhetoric he is counting on a sense of fair play within the community.
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However, on its own, the clause which provides for this is mererhetoric unless it is backed up by more detailed provisions.
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