Meaning & use
Erotema
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A rhetorical question asked for effect rather than to obtain an answer, implying that the answer is obvious.
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'Who doesn't want to be happy?' is a classic erotema used to win over an audience.
The speech was full of erotema, each question designed to make listeners nod in agreement.
A note on using this word
Erotema comes from the Greek erotan, 'to ask,' and is a technical term in classical rhetoric, more likely to appear in a composition textbook than in casual conversation.
Words with a similar meaning
rhetorical questionerotesis
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